Electronic device for configuring geofence and operation method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSunggyu Yim, Myeongwoo Koo, Yunhwa Seo, Sunggyu Lee
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Abstract
An electronic device may include a communication circuit and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, where the processor may be configured to receive location information of the electronic device, identify whether an amount of the location information is greater than or equal to a reference amount, and change a geofence configuration based on a location accuracy radius of the location information, in case that the location information amount is equal to or greater than the reference amount, and the location accuracy radius may be determined based on a probability that the electronic device is actually located in a specific area.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a communication circuit;
- at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically connected to the communication circuit;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
- identify first information on locations of the electronic device and second information on probability distances from a reference location of a geofence, wherein the probability distances are determined such that a probability that the locations are within the probability distances respectively is equal to a designated value,
- identify whether a number of the locations is equal to or greater than a designated number configured for the geofence with a first range,
- in case that the number of the locations is equal to or greater than the designated number, identify a second range based on the probability distances, and
- change a range of the geofence from the first range to the second range.
A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- identifying first information on locations of the electronic device and second information on probability distances from a reference location of a geofence, wherein the probability distances are determined such that a probability that the locations are within the probability distances respectively is equal to a designated value;
- identifying whether a number of the locations is equal to or greater than a designated number configured for the geofence with a first range;
- in case that the number of the locations is equal to or greater than the designated number, identifying a second range based on the probability distances;
- and
- changing a range of the geofence from the first range to the second range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.