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US 11,240,630 B2Granted
Time-restricted location-based service zone management
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- and
- at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
- receive, from a client device, a first trigger event notification of a first trigger event associated with a location-based service zone monitored by the client device, the location-based service zone being active during a first time period and being inactive during a second time period, and the location-based service zone defining an area in which a user can experience a service associated with a provider device;
- determine that the client device is opted-in with the service;
- compare a timestamp associated with receipt of the first trigger event notification with the first time period to determine whether the location-based service zone was active when the first trigger event occurred;
- in response to the location-based service zone being active when the first trigger event occurred, notify the provider device associated with the location-based service zone of an occurrence of the first trigger event;
- receive, from the client device, a second trigger event notification of a second trigger event associated with the location-based service zone;
- determine that the location-based service zone was inactive based at least in part on the second time period;
- in response to the location-based service zone being inactive when the second trigger event occurred, notify the client device to remove monitoring of the location-based service zone;
- and
- in response to the location-based service zone being inactive when the second trigger event occurred, determine to refrain from notifying the provider device of an occurrence of the second trigger event.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, via at least one computing device and from a client device, a first trigger event notification associated with a location-based service zone, the location-based service zone defining an area in which a user can experience a service associated with a provider device;
- determining, via the at least one computing device, that the client device is opted-in with the service;
- generating, via the at least one computing device, a timestamp associated with receipt of the first trigger event notification;
- in an instance in which the timestamp indicates the first trigger event notification was received from the client device during a first time period when the location-based service zone is active, notifying, via the at least one computing device, the provider device associated with the location-based service zone of an occurrence of a trigger event;
- receiving, via the at least one computing device and from the client device, a second trigger event notification associated with the location-based service zone;
- in response to the second trigger event notification being received from the client device during a second time period when the location-based service zone was inactive, notifying, via the at least one computing device, the client device that the location-based service zone is in a stale state;
- and
- in response to the second trigger event notification being received from the client device during the second time period when the location-based service zone was inactive, determining to refrain from notifying the provider device of an occurrence of a second trimer event.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- and
- at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
- receive, from a client device, a trigger event notification associated with a location-based service zone, the location-based service zone defining an area in which a user can experience a service associated with a provider device;
- determine that the client device is opted-in with the service;
- generate a timestamp associated with receipt of the trigger event notification;
- in an instance in which the timestamp indicates the trigger event notification was received from the client device during a first time period when the location-based service zone is active, notify the provider device associated with the location-based service zone of an occurrence of a trigger event;
- receive, from the client device, a second trigger event notification associated with the location-based service zone;
- in response to the second trigger event notification being received from the client device when the location-based service zone was inactive, notify the client device to remove monitoring of the location-based service zone;
- and
- in response to the second trigger event notification being received form the client device when the location-based service zone was inactive, determine to refrain from notifying the provider device of an occurrence of a second trigger event.
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