Apparatus and method for providing geo-fencing service via in-vehicle electric device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJin Woo LEE
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Abstract
A method for controlling an in-vehicle apparatus to provide a geo-fencing service is disclosed. The method includes providing a geo-fencing service based on location of a vehicle, detecting at least one of a mobile device and a wearable device through a communication terminal equipped in the vehicle, recognizing location of the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device, and requesting that a network server activates a notification for the geo-fencing service when the mobile device is determined to be located in a geo-fencing area and the wearable device is determined to be out of the geo-fencing area.
Claims20
A method for method for controlling an in-vehicle apparatus providing a geo-fencing service, the method comprising:
- providing a geo-fencing service based on location of a vehicle;
- detecting at least one of a mobile device and a wearable device through a communication terminal equipped in the vehicle;
- recognizing location of the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device;
- and
- requesting that a network server activates a notification for the geo-fencing service when the mobile device is determined to be located in a geo-fencing area and the wearable device is determined to be out of the geo-fencing area.
An in-vehicle apparatus for controlling a geo-fencing service, comprising:
- a service delivery unit configured to deliver a geo-fencing service provided based on location of a vehicle;
- a communication unit configured to detect at least one of a mobile device and a wearable device and to recognize location of the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device;
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- a controller configured to request a network server activates a notification for the geo-fencing service when the mobile device is determined to be located in a geo-fencing area and the wearable device is determined to be out of the geo-fencing area.
A network server engaged with a vehicle to provide a geo-fencing service, comprising:
- a service unit configured to recognize location of a vehicle and to provide a geo-fencing service based on the location of the vehicle;
- a communication unit configured to receive location of at least one of a mobile device and a wearable device from the vehicle;
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- a control unit configured to activate a notification for the geo-fencing service when the mobile device is determined to be is located in a geo-fencing area and the wearable device is determined to be out of the geo-fencing area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.