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US 9,311,685 B2Granted
Geolocation check-in system
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsScott Lee Harkey, David M. Grigg, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing a geolocation check-in system. An exemplary apparatus is configured to collect positioning data related to a user. After collecting position data the apparatus may be configure to determine, based at least partially on the positioning data that the user has crossed a threshold of a geofence associated with a merchant's location. Based at least partially on this determination the apparatus may be configured to initiate a merchant check-in associated with the user and transmit user information to the merchant.
Claims13
An apparatus for providing a geolocation check-in system, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a module stored in the memory, executable by the one or more processors, and configured to cause the one or more processors to:
- monitor a web-based social network and obtain social network data associated with the user, wherein the social network data provides an indication of a likely route of travel of the user;
- determine, based on the obtained social network data, the likely route of travel of the user;
- identify a threshold of a geofence associated with a merchant's location through which the likely route of travel of the user will cross;
- monitor a current position of a computing device associated with the user along the likely route of travel, wherein the current position is determined by the computing device by:
- (i) interfacing with a global positioning system;
- (ii) analyzing a video stream of an environment surrounding the user captured by the computing device;
- determine, based at least partially on the current position, that the user has crossed the threshold of the geofence associated with the merchant's location;
- transmit, in response to the determination that the user has crossed the threshold, a communication to the user requesting whether the user desires to check-in with a social media site associated with the merchant;
- receive a verification that the user desires to check-in with the merchant;
- initiate, based at least partially on determining that user has crossed the threshold of the geofence, a merchant check-in with the social network associated with the merchant;
- and
- transmit user information associated with the user to the merchant.
13 more elements
A method for providing a geolocation check-in system, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by one or more processors, a web-based social network and obtain social network data associated with the user, wherein the social network data provides an indication of a likely route of travel of the user;
- determining, by the one or more processors based on the obtained social network data, the likely route of travel of a user;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a threshold of a geofence associated with a merchant's location through which the likely route of travel of the user will cross;
- monitoring, by the one or more processors, a current position of a computing device associated with the user along the likely route of travel, wherein the current position is determined by the computing device by:
- (i) interfacing with a global positioning system;
- and,
- (ii) analyzing a video stream of an environment surrounding the user captured by the computing device;
- determining, by the one or more processors based at least partially on the current position, that the user has crossed the threshold of the geofence associated with the merchant's location;
- transmitting, by the processor in response to the determining, a communication to the user requesting whether the user desires to check-in with a social media site associated with the merchant;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, a verification that the user desires to check-in with the merchant;
- initiating, by the one or more processors in response to receiving the verification, a merchant check-in with the social network associated with the merchant;
- and
- transmitting user information associated with the user to the merchant.
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A computer program product for providing a geolocation check-in system, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of codes for causing a computer to:
- monitor a web-based social network and obtain social network data associated with the user, wherein the social network data provides an indication of a likely route of travel of the user;
- determine, based on the obtained social network data, the likely route of travel of the user;
- identify a threshold of a geofence associated with a merchant's location through which the likely route of travel of the user will cross;
- monitor a current position of a computing device associated with the user along the likely route of travel, wherein the current position is determined by the computing device by:
- (i) interfacing with a global positioning system;
- (ii) analyzing a video stream of an environment surrounding the user captured by the computing device;
- determine, based at least partially on the current position, that the user has crossed the threshold of the geofence associated with the merchant's location;
- transmit, in response to the determination that the user has crossed the threshold, a communication to the user requesting whether the user desires to check-in with a social media site associated with the merchant;
- receive a verification that the user desires to check-in with the merchant;
- initiate, based at least partially on determining that user has crossed the threshold of the geofence, a merchant check-in with the social network associated with the merchant;
- and
- transmit user information associated with the user to the merchant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.