# US 2019/0174254 A1 · Internet of things implanted device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174254 A1 - Document ID: US20190174254A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/829,070 - Filed: 2017-12-01 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Kelley Anders; Jeremy R. Fox - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174254A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - A61N 1/372: Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators - G06K 7/10297: {arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00)} - G06K 7/10425: {the interrogation device being arranged for interrogation of record carriers passing by the interrogation device} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining a signal from an implanted device within a given vicinity of the one or more processors. The processor(s) identifies a device that when active, has a pre-defined probability of impacting regular functionality of the implanted device. The processor(s) determines coordinates of a perimeter around the device, where the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device is realized inside the perimeter. The processor(s) generate a geofence boundary around the device. The processor(s) initiate an action to decrease the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processors and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors for performing a method comprising: obtaining, by the one or more processors, a signal from an implanted device within a given vicinity of the one or more processors; based on the obtaining, identifying, by the one or more processors, a device, wherein the device, when active, has a pre-defined probability of impacting regular functionality of the implanted device; determining, by the one or more processors, coordinates of a perimeter around the device, wherein the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device is realized inside the perimeter; based on determining the perimeter, generating, by the one or more processors, a geofence boundary around the device; and based on generating the geofence, initiating, by the one or more processors, an action to decrease the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the implanted device is selected from the group consisting of: an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and a pacemaker. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The computer program product of claim 14, wherein initiating the action comprises: detecting, by the one or more processors, that the implanted device is within a pre-defined vicinity of the device; and displaying, by the one or more processors, an alert in a graphical user interface of a computing node comprising the one or more processors. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The computer program product of claim 14, the method further comprising: defining, by the one or more processors, one or more areas within the geofence boundary; determining, by the one or more processors, a risk level for each area of one or more areas within the geofence boundary, wherein the risk level for each of the one or more areas represents a likelihood of experiencing the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device, when the implanted device is located within the area, wherein initiating the action comprises: detecting, by the one or more processors, that the implanted device is within a first area of the one or more areas; configuring, by the one or more processors, a communication, based on a risk level of the first area; and displaying, by the one or more processors, an alert on a graphical user interface of a computing node comprising the one or more processors, based on the risk level of the first area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the geofence boundary comprises a circle around the device, wherein every point of the geofence boundary is equidistant from the device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The computer program product of claim 14, wherein initiating the action comprises: detecting, by the one or more processors, that the implanted device has crossed a point on the geofence boundary; temporarily disabling, by the one or more processors, the device; and re-enabling, by the one or more processors, the device, based on detecting that the implanted device is no longer at a location in an area bounded by the geofence. ### Claim 20 A system comprising: a memory; one or more processors in communication with the memory; program instructions executable by the one or more processors via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising: obtaining, by the one or more processors, a signal from an implanted device within a given vicinity of the one or more processors; based on the obtaining, identifying, by the one or more processors, a device, wherein the device, when active, has a pre-defined probability of impacting regular functionality of the implanted device; determining, by the one or more processors, coordinates of a perimeter around the device, wherein the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device is realized inside the perimeter; based on determining the perimeter, generating, by the one or more processors, a geofence boundary around the device; and based on generating the geofence, initiating, by the one or more processors, an action to decrease the pre-defined probability of the device impacting the regular functionality of the implanted device.