Reducing overlapping geofences

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• identifying geofences that are associated with different geofence-enabled applications executing on the computing device and that are geographically close together;
• comparing metadata of the identified geofences that are associated with the different geofence-enabled applications to determine whether the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into a blended geofence;
• combining the identified geofences that are geographically close together into the blended geofence in response to determining that the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into the blended geofence;
• and
• enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed, wherein enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed comprises replacing the identified geofences associated with the geofence-enabled applications with the blended geofence.

A geofence server, comprising:

• a server processor configured with server-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• identifying geofences that are associated with different geofence-enabled applications executing on a computing device and that are geographically close together;
• comparing metadata of the identified geofences that are associated with the different geofence-enabled applications to determine whether the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into a blended geofence;
• combining the identified geofences that are geographically close together into the blended geofence in response to determining that the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into the blended geofence;
• and
• enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed, wherein enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed comprises replacing the identified geofences associated with the geofence-enabled applications with the blended geofence.

A system, comprising:

• a geofence server comprising a server processor;
• and
• a computing device comprising:
• a memory;
• a transceiver configured to communicate with a network coupled to the geofence server;
• and
• a computing device processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• identifying different geofence-enabled applications executing on the computing device;
• and
• sending a list of the identified geofence-enabled applications to the geofence server;
• the server processor is configured with server-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving the list of the identified geofence-enabled applications from the computing device;
• identifying geofences that are associated with listed geofence-enabled applications and that are geographically close together;
• comparing metadata of the identified geofences that are associated with the listed geofence-enabled applications to determine whether the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into a blended geofence;
• combining the identified geofences that are geographically close together into the blended geofence in response to determining that the identified geofences are geofence types that are compatible to combine into the blended geofence;
• and
• sending the blended geofence to the computing device;
• and
• the computing device processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:
• receiving the blended geofence from the geofence server;
• and
• enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed, wherein enabling each geofence-enabled application associated with a geofence included in the blended geofence to be informed when the blended geofence is crossed comprises replacing the identified geofences associated with the geofence-enabled applications with the blended geofence.