Geofencing
Methods and systems for determining a geofence has been crossed are provided. Exemplary methods include: configuring a plurality of services of a mobile operating system using respective application programming interfaces; receiving a wake up from the mobile operating system; getting a notification from a service of the plurality of services; confirming the geofence has been crossed; and notifying a backend that the geofence has been crossed.
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a geofence has been crossed, the method comprising:
configuring a plurality of services of a mobile operating system using respective application programming interfaces to determine when a geofence has likely been crossed by a mobile device running the mobile operating system;
receiving a wake up of a mobile application from the mobile operating system, wherein the wake up results from a response generated by a backend server as a result of the backend server receiving a communication from a device within the geofence;
getting a notification from a service of the plurality of services;
confirming the geofence has been crossed using a Global Positioning System service to determine an accurate location;
using the Global Positioning System service until the notifying a backend service data center is completed and thereby keeping the mobile operating system from putting the mobile application asleep;
notifying the backend service data center associated with at least one of the plurality of services that the geofence has been crossed; and
sleeping the mobile application after the notifying is complete.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a geofence service; and
configuring the geofence service includes defining an area about an address associated with the geofence.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a push notification service; and
the notification is a push notification received from a data center associated with a provider of the mobile operating system, the data center receiving a request from the backend server, the backend server sending the request in response to a sensor within the geofence being triggered.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a network change service; and
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes checking that a network connection is to a Wi-Fi network registered with a location, the location being associated with the geofence.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a beacon service;
the notification includes a signal from a Bluetooth beacon; and
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes checking the Bluetooth beacon is registered with a location associated with the geofence.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a significant-change location service.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes using an accelerometer to determine that there is movement.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the backend service data center changes a notification mode in response to the geofence being crossed.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile operating system is at least one of Apple iOS and Google Android.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the device within the geofence is a hub.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the device within the geofence is a motion sensor or door alarm.
12. A system for determining a geofence has been crossed, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising:
configuring a plurality of services of a mobile operating system using respective application programming interfaces to determine when a geofence has likely been crossed by a mobile device running the mobile operating system;
receiving a wake up of a mobile application from the mobile operating system, wherein the wake up results from a response generated by a backend server as a result of the backend server receiving a communication from a device within the geofence;
getting a notification from a service of the plurality of services;
confirming the geofence has been crossed using a Global Positioning System service to determine an accurate location;
using the Global Positioning System service until the notifying is completed and thereby keeping the mobile operating system from putting the service asleep;
sleeping the service after the notifying is complete; and
notifying a backend service data center associated with at least one of the plurality of services that the geofence has been crossed.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a geofence service; and
configuring the geofence service includes defining an area about an address associated with the geofence.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a push notification service; and
the notification is a push notification received from a data center associated with a provider of the mobile operating system, the data center receiving a request from the backend server, the backend server sending the request in response to a sensor within the geofence being triggered.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a network change service; and
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes checking that a network connection is to a Wi-Fi network registered with a location, the location being associated with the geofence.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a beacon service;
the notification includes a signal from a Bluetooth beacon; and
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes checking the Bluetooth beacon is registered with a location associated with the geofence.
17. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of services includes a significant-change location service.
18. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
confirming the geofence has been crossed includes using an accelerometer to determine that there is movement.
19. The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the backend service data center changes a notification mode in response to the geofence being crossed.
20. The system of claim 12 , wherein the device within the geofence is a hub.
21. The system of claim 12 , wherein the device within the geofence is a motion sensor or door alarm.
22. A system for determining a geofence has been crossed, the system comprising:
means for configuring a plurality of services of a mobile operating system using respective application programming interfaces to determine when a geofence has likely been crossed by a mobile device running the mobile operating system;
means for receiving the wake up from the mobile operating system, wherein the means for receiving the wake up is in response to a backend server notification or message as a result of the backend server receiving a communication from a device within the geofence;
means for getting a notification from a service of the plurality of services;
means for confirming the geofence has been crossed using a Global Positioning System service to determine an accurate location;
means for using the Global Positioning System service until the notifying of a backend service data center is completed; and
means for notifying the backend service data center associated with at least one of the plurality of services that the geofence has been crossed; and
means for sleeping the mobile application after the notifying is complete.