Geo-fence splitting

1. A method comprising:

receiving a non-supported geo-fence having a shape or size that is not natively supported on a mobile device;

generating a group of one or more supported geo-fences whose union approximates the non-supported geo-fence;

mapping the group of one or more supported geo-fences to a single identity; and

monitoring, by the mobile device, the one or more supported geo-fences of the group of one or more supported geo-fences to determine when the non-supported geo-fence has been triggered.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring further comprising:

detecting the mobile device has crossed one of the one or more supported geo-fences of the group of one or more supported geo-fences, and has not crossed into another supported geo-fence of the group of one or more supported geo-fences; and

in response to the detecting, notifying an application that utilizes the non-supported geo-fence that the non-supported geo-fence has been triggered.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the one or more supported geo-fences differs from the shape of the non-supported geo-fence.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of one or more supported geo-fences includes multiple supported geo-fences.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the union of the one or more supported geo-fences is considered to approximate the non-supported geo-fence by the union defining a minimum bounding shape that encloses the non-supported geo-fence.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the union of the one or more supported geo-fences is considered to approximate the non-supported geo-fence by the union including at least a given percentage of area enclosed by the non-supported geo-fence.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shape or size that is not natively supported on the mobile device is a shape that is not natively supported on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the shape that is not natively supported on the mobile device is an irregular user-defined shape.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shape or size that is not natively supported on the mobile device is a size that is not natively supported on the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the size that is not natively supported on the mobile device is a size larger than the mobile device supports.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the size that is not natively supported on the mobile device is a size smaller than the mobile device supports.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instruction stored thereon, the executable instructions when executed by one or more processors of one or more mobile devices operable to:

receive an initial geo-fence having a first shape or size;

generate a group of geo-fences whose union encompasses the initial geo-fence, the group of geo-fences including one or more geo-fences having at least a second shape or size, the second shape or size being different than the first shape or size of the initial geo-fence;

mapping the group of geo-fences to a single identity; and

monitoring, by the mobile device, the geo-fences of the group of geo-fences to determine when the initial geo-fence has been triggered.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the monitoring further comprises:

detecting the mobile device has crossed one of the geo-fences of the group of geo-fences, and has not crossed into another geo-fence of the group of geo-fences; and

in response to the detecting, notifying an application that utilizes the initial geo-fence that the initial geo-fence has been triggered.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the union of the geo-fences of the group of geo-fences encompasses the initial geo-fence by the union defining a minimum bounding shape that encloses the initial geo-fence.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the different shape or size is a different shape.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the different shape or size is a different size.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first shape or size is a shape or size that the mobile device does not support, and the shape or size is a shape or size that the mobile device supports.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions; and

a memory configured to store executable instructions for a client application, the client application to include:

an approximation process configured to a obtain a non-supported geo-fence having a shape or size that is not natively supported on a mobile device and to generate a group of supported geo-fences whose union approximates the non-supported geo-fence, and

a geo-fence cache configured to store the group of supported geo-fences as active geo-fences,

wherein the approximation process is further configured to monitor supported geo-fences of the group of supported geo-fences to determine when the non-supported geo-fence has been triggered.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the approximation process is configured to monitor the supported geo-fences of the group of supported geo-fences by detecting when the mobile device has crossed one of the supported geo-fences of the group of supported geo-fences, and has not crossed into another supported geo-fence of the group of supported geo-fences, and, is configured to notify an application that utilizes the non-supported geo-fence that the non-supported geo-fence has been triggered.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the supported geo-fences have at least a different shape or size than the non-supported geo-fence.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the union of the supported geo-fences of the group of supported geo-fences approximates the non-supported geo-fence by the union defining a minimum bounding shape that encloses the non-supported geo-fence.