Passive check-in
View Patent ↗A system to effectuate passive check-in with respect to a user's mobile device is described. A server system may be configured to receive communications from a GPS-enabled mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone), extract a stream of locations from the received communications, and use the location information to determine whether a boundary-crossing event has occurred with respect to the mobile device. In response to detecting a boundary-crossing event, the server may communicate a message, such as a recommendation, to the mobile device.
1. A method comprising:
detecting, at a server computer system, a request from a mobile device;
from the request detected at the server computer system, collecting current geo-location data for the mobile device, using at least one processor;
at the server computer system, comparing the current geo-location data to a previously stored geo-location data for the mobile device;
based on a result of the comparing, determining a crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device, the determining of the crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device comprising accessing a database of geo-fence data; and
responsive to the crossing of a geo-fence event, generating a recommendation for a user of the mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 , comprising storing the current geo-location data as previous geo-location data.
3. The method of claim 1 , comprising providing the recommendation from the server computer system to the mobile device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request originated from a mobile application executing on the mobile device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request originated from a browser application executing on the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is directed to an on-line trading platform, the on-line trading platform provided on the server computer system.
7. The method of claim 1 , comprising storing one or more geo-fences for use with the current geo-location data to detect a geo-fence event for the mobile device.
8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
detecting, at the server computer system, a further request from the mobile device;
from the request detected at the server computer system, collecting current geo-location data for the mobile device;
at the server computer system, based on the current geo-location data and the previous geo-location data for the mobile device, determining lack of a crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device; and
storing the current geo-location data as previous geo-location data.
9. The method of claim 1 comprising analyzing stored previous geo-location data for the mobile device to determine a special location associated with the mobile device, the stored previous geo-location data comprising a plurality of geo-location data values, the special location associated with an activity of a user of the mobile device.
10. A computer-implemented system comprising:
at least one processor coupled to a memory;
a request detector to detect, at a server computer system, using the at least one processor, a request from a mobile device;
a geo-location collector to collect, using the at least one processor, current geo-location data for the mobile device from the request detected at the server computer system;
a crossing event detector to:
compare the current geo-location data to a previously stored geo-location data for the mobile device and,
based on a result of the comparison, determine, using the at least one processor, a crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device, the determining of the crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device comprising accessing a database of geo-fence data; and
a recommendation generator to generate, using the at least one processor, a recommendation for a user of the mobile device responsive to the crossing of a geo-fence event.
11. The system of claim 10 , comprising a storing module to store, using the at least one processor, the current geo-location data as previous geo-location data.
12. The system of claim 10 , comprising a communications module to provide the recommendation from the server computer system to the mobile device, using the at least one processor.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request originated from a mobile application executing on the mobile device.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request originated from a browser application executing on the mobile device.
15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request is directed to an on-line trading platform, the on-line trading platform provided on the server computer system.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the storing module is to store one or more geo-fences for use with the current geo-location data to detect a geo-fence event for the mobile device.
17. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the request detector is to detect, at the server computer system, a further request from the mobile device;
the geo-location collector is to collect current geo-location data for the mobile device from the request detected at the server computer system; and
the crossing event detector is to determine lack of a crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device at the server computer system, based on the current geo-location data and the previous geo-location data for the mobile device.
18. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting, at a server computer system, a request from a mobile device;
collecting current geo-location data for the mobile device from the request detected at the server computer system;
at the server computer system, comparing the current geo-location data to a previously stored geo-location data for the mobile device;
based on a result of the comparing, determining a crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device, the determining of the crossing of a geo-fence event for the mobile device comprising accessing a database of geo-fence data; and
generating a recommendation for a user of the mobile device responsive to the crossing of a geo-fence event.