PROVIDING POINTS OF INTEREST TO USER DEVICES IN VARIABLE ZONES

摘要

Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for receiving server-controlled point of interest zones on user computing devices, comprising:
communicating, by a user computing device to a second computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user computing device, the request comprising location data associated with the user computing device; receiving, by the user computing device, the point of interest data from the second computing device, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the remote network device, wherein the point of interest zone is determined at least in part based on proximities of the plurality of points of interest to the location data associated with the user computing device, and wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on a density of available points of interest in the proximity of the user computing device, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel associated with the user computing device and contracted in a direction opposite the direction of travel associated with the user computing device, the direction of travel associated with the user computing device being determined based at least in part on a comparison of changing locations associated with the user computing device; and presenting, by the user computing device, the received point of interest data.