Geo-fence selection system
The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for determining a current location of a client device, and for identifying and selecting appropriate geo-fences based on the current location of the client device. An improved geo-fence selection system performs operations that include associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a portion of a geographic region, sampling location data from a client device, defining a boundary based on the sampled location data from the client device, detecting an overlap between the boundary and the geo-fence, retrieving the media content associated with the geo-fence, and loading the media content at a memory location of the client device, in response to detecting the overlap.
1. A method comprising:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location data comprises a data point that includes a timestamp, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the client device based on the historical location data is based on the timestamp.
7. A system comprising:
a memory; and
at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructions that causes the system to perform operations comprising:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.
8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the historical location data comprises a data point that includes a timestamp, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the client device based on the historical location data is based on the timestamp.
13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.