CPC H04L 67/52 (2022.05) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.05); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 2101/659 (2022.05); H04L 2101/69 (2022.05)] | 17 Claims |
1. A system for delivering geofence information, comprising:
at least one device including a processor and a memory, wherein the at least one device is constructed and configured for communication with at least one server computer including at least one geofence database;
wherein the at least one geofence database includes data for Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and anchor IP addresses for geofences;
wherein the at least one device generates a first request comprising a geographic location and sends the first request to the at least one server computer;
wherein the at least one server computer converts the geographic location to an IP address;
wherein the at least one server computer matches the IP address to at least one anchor IP address;
wherein the at least one server computer identifies at least one geofence associated with the at least one anchor IP address;
wherein the at least one server computer creates a first response, wherein the first response includes information describing the at least one identified geofence;
wherein the at least one geofence database includes analytics for the at least one identified geofence, and wherein the analytics for the at least one identified geofence include a number of times a device has entered the at least one identified geofence; and
wherein the at least one geofence database is automatically updated at predetermined time intervals, wherein the automatically updating includes updating geofence ownership information and geofence license information.
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