Microsoft Corporation
GENERATION AND MODIFICATION OF LOCATIONAL ENTRIES AND GEOFENCES FOR SAFETY OF GROUP MEMBERS

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Abstract:

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for creating and modifying safe zones provided. Safe zones associated with members of a group monitored by a group device monitoring service may be manually or automatically created. A safe zone may be created by adding an approved locational entry to a location control list for a user account. An approved locational entry may comprise an identity of a location, geofence boundaries for a location, and/or time and/or day of the week information when a user is approved for visiting a location. A dependent locational entry may be added to a location control list. A dependent locational entry may comprise an identity of a location and a condition that must be fulfilled before the dependent locational entry may be transformed to an approved locational entry.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

22 Jun 2020

Issue date:

23 Dec 2021