Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location-based services
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Application No.: US16706654Application Date: 2019-12-06
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Publication No.: US11044575B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Alan Phillips , Frank Schroth , Geoffrey M. Palmer , Stefan G. Zielinski , Allen P. Smith , Colin M. Cunningham, III
- Applicant: PAYPAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: H04W4/021
- IPC: H04W4/021 ; G08B21/02 ; H04W4/12 ; H04W4/14 ; H04W8/10 ; H04W8/14 ; H04W92/08 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
A method for providing location-based notifications on mobile devices is discussed. The method includes determining a first location of user's mobile device based on IP address, GPS signals, Wi-Fi signals, or cellular signals. The method includes accessing data, received by the mobile device responsive to communicating the first location to a server, indicating merchants in an area proximate to the first location. The method includes determining a second location of the mobile device based on other IP address, GPS signals, Wi-Fi signals, and/or cellular signals. The method includes communicating with the server to determine, based on the second location, that the mobile device has crossed into a geofence that includes at least one of the merchants. The method includes effecting, responsive to a determination that the mobile device crossed into the first geofence, a notification on the mobile device indicating at least one of the merchants at the geofence.
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