Alerting based on location and regional specification

A system for processing an alert, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive a specification of a region, wherein the specification of the region includes a first location and a radius;
• create an alert;
• associate information relating to the region with the alert;
• determine a first current location as a second location, wherein determining the second location follows receiving the specification of the first location and precedes determining a third location;
• determine that the second location is outside the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius;
• determine a second current location as the third location;
• determine that the third location is within the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius;
• and
• responsive to determining that the second location is outside the region and that the third location is within the region, send an indication that the alert has been triggered, wherein the indication that the alert has been triggered includes an identifier associated with the alert;
• and
• a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory provides instructions to the processor.

A computer program product for processing an alert, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving a specification of a region, wherein the specification of the region includes a first location and a radius;
• creating an alert;
• associating information relating to the region with the alert;
• determining a first current location as a second location, wherein determining the second location follows receiving the specification of the first location and precedes determining a third location;
• determining that the second location is outside the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius;
• determining a second current location as the third location;
• determining that the third location is within the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius;
• and
• responsive to determining that the second location is outside the region and that the third location is within the region, sending an indication that the alert has been triggered, wherein the indication that the alert has been triggered includes an identifier associated with the alert.