Method and system for location-based monitoring of a mobile device

摘要

Method and system for monitoring location of a mobile device relative to a region of interest includes defining a geographic region of interest, receiving a request to obtain notification when the mobile device leaves from, is present in or enters into the region of interest, determining when the mobile device leaves, is present in or enters into the region of interest, and automatically generating a notification signal upon departure of the mobile device from, presence of the mobile device in or entry of the mobile device into the region of interest without manual intervention by a user of the mobile device. It is therefore possible to monitor the departure of a mobile device, and thus presumably the user thereof, from one or more defined regions, the presence of the person in one or more defined regions, and also the entry of the person into one or more defined regions.

主权项

1. A method for monitoring location of a mobile device relative to regions of interest, comprising:
defining a plurality of different regions of interest; associating an identification of a mobile device whose location is sought to be monitored with the plurality of defined regions of interest at a monitoring device by inputting the identification of the mobile device and the plurality of defined regions of interest using the monitoring device; generating a rule at the monitoring device to deliver a notification when a respective condition relating to a change in location of the mobile device relative to each of the plurality of regions of interest is satisfied; and determining whether each condition is satisfied by
accessing a database including database records for Wi-Fi access points, each database record including at least a MAC address and geographic location of a respective Wi-Fi access point, wherein at least one of the database records of the database is created or updated based on scanning performed by the mobile device,determining the location of the mobile device at a first time using information about Wi-Fi access points communicating with the mobile device and information in the database having the at least one database record created or updated based on scanning performed by the mobile device,determining the location of the mobile device at a second time after the first time using information about Wi-Fi access points communicating with the mobile device and information in the database having the at least one database record created or updated based on scanning performed by the mobile device,ascertaining whether the determined location of the mobile device at the second time is changed relative to the determined location of the mobile device at the first time and if so, determining whether the change of the determined location of the mobile device satisfies the condition,when the condition is satisfied based on the change of the determined location of the mobile device, automatically generating a notification signal without manual intervention by a user of the mobile device, andwhen the condition is not satisfied, automatically repeating the location determining steps and the ascertaining step, whereby each condition is entry of the mobile device into one of the plurality of regions of interest from outside of that one of the plurality of regions of interest or departure of the mobile device from one of the plurality of regions of interest to outside of that one of the plurality of regions of interest.