CN111316673A

CN111316673A - Electronic fence updating method and communication device

Info

Publication number: CN111316673A
Application number: CN201880072275.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林嵩晧; 阙鑫地; 林于超; 易晖; 张舒博
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-15
Filing date: 2018-10-15
Publication date: 2020-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-15
Also published as: WO2020077485A1; CN111316673B

Abstract

The application provides a method for updating an electronic fence and a communication device, wherein the method is executed by the communication device and comprises the following steps: determining that the communication device is within a first electronic fence; collecting fence data within the first electronic fence; according to fence data collected in the first electronic fence, updating first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device, wherein the collected fence data comprises collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or cell information, and the prestored first electronic fence data comprises prestored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence. The method for updating the electronic fence can reduce the time for learning and calculating the electronic fence data, and avoid the problem that the precision of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to the fact that a longer period for learning the electronic fence is needed when the surrounding environment changes. The precision of fence is improved, user experience is improved.

Description

Electronic fence updating method and communication device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic devices, and more particularly, to a method and a communication apparatus for updating electronic fence in the field of electronic devices.

Background

A geofence (also referred to as an "electronic fence") is a virtual geographic area boundary. The notification may be triggered automatically when the terminal device enters or leaves this area or is active in this area. Currently, the Global Positioning System (GPS) and various sensors, such as wireless-fidelity (Wifi) technology and Beacons (Beacons), are mostly used in the industry to fulfill the related positioning or fence triggering requirements.

In the prior art, a dynamic sensing module is usually present in a terminal device to trigger a geo-fence. In addition, an off-line calculation module may be present, which performs off-line learning calculation by using data collected by the terminal device. For example, data calculation such as GPS, WiFi, Beacons and the like of the fence boundary is performed, and the calculated data (electronic fence data) is sent to the dynamic sensing module, so that the dynamic sensing module performs update or establishment of the electronic fence. However, the offline calculation module often needs a long learning period to determine which of the acquired data is usable and which is noisy, so that the offline calculation module needs a long learning calculation period, and the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning. Or even fail to operate. Seriously affecting the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a method and a communication device for updating an electronic fence, which can reduce the time for learning and calculating electronic fence data and avoid the problem that the precision of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to the fact that a longer period for learning the electronic fence is needed when the surrounding environment changes. The precision of fence is improved, user experience is improved.

In a first aspect, a method for updating an electronic fence is provided, where the method is performed by a communication device, and the method includes: determining that the communication device is within a first electronic fence; collecting fence data within the first electronic fence; according to fence data collected in the first electronic fence, updating first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device, wherein the collected fence data comprises collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or cell information, and the prestored first electronic fence data comprises prestored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence.

The method for updating the electronic fence provided in the first aspect collects WiFi information and/or cell information in the first electronic fence area after the communication device (user) enters the first electronic fence area. And updating the first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, namely updating the first electronic fence. The acquired data are all fence data in the first electronic fence, so that the high confidence is achieved, the time for the communication device to learn and calculate the first electronic fence data can be greatly shortened, and the problem that the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to the fact that the communication device needs a long learning period to determine the first electronic fence data and update the first fence when the surrounding environment changes is solved. The use efficiency of the precision of first fence is improved, user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation manner of the first aspect, determining that the communication device is located within the first electronic fence includes: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second WiFi. In this implementation, whether the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence is determined using WiFi information that the communication device is currently connected to. The method is easy to realize, simple and convenient, has high precision, and can quickly and accurately determine whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence or not. The user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation manner of the first aspect, determining that the communication device is located within the first electronic fence includes: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; determining information of a second cell under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not comprise the information of the second WiFi or the communication device is connected without WiFi, wherein the second cell is the cell connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the prestored cell information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second cell. In this implementation, the above method is used to determine whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence, so that the WiFi scan of the communication device does not need to be turned on. The energy consumption of the communication device is reduced, resources are saved, and the energy consumption is reduced. And the judgment result is more accurate.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: scanning WiFi information; the determining that the communication device is located in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes the information of the second cell includes: in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence. In this implementation, the method described above is used to determine whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. WiFi scanning can be started to the minimum extent, and long-time WiFi scanning starting is avoided as far as possible. The energy consumption of the communication device can be reduced, and resources are saved. And whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence can be accurately judged. The user experience is improved.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: determining a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold; in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence includes: in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence. In this implementation, a further savings of time can be made in determining whether the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence. The accuracy of the determined result is improved.

In a second aspect, a communication device is provided that includes a determination unit, a data acquisition unit, and an update unit. Collecting fence data in an electronic fence; the updating unit is used for updating first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, wherein the collected fence data comprises collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or cell information, and the prestored first electronic fence data comprises prestored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence.

The second aspect provides a communication device, which collects WiFi information and/or cell information in a first electronic fence area after the communication device (user) enters the first electronic fence area. And updating the first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, namely updating the first electronic fence. The time for the communication device to learn and calculate the first electronic fence data can be greatly reduced, and the problem that the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced in the learning period due to the fact that the communication device needs a long learning period to determine the first electronic fence data and update the first fence when the surrounding environment changes is solved. The use efficiency of the precision of first fence is improved, user experience is improved. Optionally, the communication device may further include a storage unit for storing instructions executed by the determination unit, the data acquisition unit, and the update unit.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the determining unit is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second WiFi.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the determining unit is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; determining information of a second cell under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not comprise the information of the second WiFi or the communication device is connected without WiFi, wherein the second cell is the cell connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the prestored cell information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second cell.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the data acquisition unit is further configured to: scanning WiFi information; the determination unit is further configured to: in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the determining unit is further configured to: determining a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold; in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence.

In a third aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory, the at least one processor being configured to perform the method of the first aspect above or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to perform the method of the first aspect above or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and an interface circuit.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided, where the terminal device includes the communication apparatus provided in the second aspect, or the terminal device includes the communication apparatus provided in the third aspect, or the terminal device includes the communication apparatus provided in the fourth aspect.

A sixth aspect provides a computer program product comprising a computer program for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation form of the first aspect when executed by a processor.

A seventh aspect provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or for performing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect, when the computer program is executed.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for updating an electronic fence according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of an example of a method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of another method for updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of another example of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of another example of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile phone provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Terminal equipment in the embodiments of the present application may refer to user equipment, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user device. The terminal device may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and the like, which are not limited in this embodiment.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device comprises a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer. The hardware layer includes hardware such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Memory Management Unit (MMU), and a memory (also referred to as a main memory). The operating system may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes (processes), such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or a windows operating system. The application layer comprises applications such as a browser, an address list, word processing software, instant messaging software and the like. Furthermore, the embodiment of the present application does not particularly limit the specific structure of the execution main body of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, as long as the communication can be performed according to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application by running the program recorded with the code of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, for example, the execution main body of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be a terminal device, or a functional module capable of calling a program and executing the program in the terminal device.

In addition, various aspects or features of the present application may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer-readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips, etc.), optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk (CD), Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), card, stick, or key drive, etc.). In addition, various storage media described herein can represent one or more devices and/or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" can include, without being limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and/or carrying instruction(s) and/or data.

A geofence (or "electronic fence") is a virtual geographic area boundary. The handset may automatically trigger a notification when the terminal device (illustrated as a "handset") enters or leaves the area or is active in the area. At present, the industry mostly utilizes technologies such as GPS, Wifi technology, Beacons and the like to meet the related positioning or fence triggering requirements.

In the prior art, a mobile phone usually has a dynamic sensing module to trigger a geo-fence, such as Google Mobile Service (GMS) of google, allowing the mobile phone to set the geo-fence through GPS coordinate data, or detect whether to enter a boundary of an area through Beacons. In addition, an offline computing module may be present in the handset. Offline learning calculation is carried out by learning data of the fence area in advance or collecting data by using a mobile phone. The learning calculation of the offline calculation module may be understood as that the offline calculation module determines available data from the acquired data through learning for a period of time by using the acquired data, and then performs calculation to obtain fence data by using the available data. For example, the fence data can include data for GPS of fence boundaries, WiFi data within a fence area, and the like. The collected data is very much and is distributed in various places or areas of the user activity. Therefore, for the setup of an electronic fence in a specific area, it is necessary to utilize the relevant data in the area. The offline calculation module needs to determine the data of the specific area from the collected data through long-time comparison and learning, and then calculate the fence data of the specific area by using the data. For example, data calculation such as GPS, WiFi, Beacons and the like of the fence boundary is performed, and the calculated data is sent to the dynamic sensing module, so that the dynamic sensing module performs setting (establishment) of the electronic fence.

The home electronic fence is taken as an example for explanation.

Currently, in a common home electronic fence setting, GPS is usually used as a main data source of the home electronic fence. The terminal device (taking a mobile phone as an example for explanation) obtains a plurality of GPS sampling points data through a plurality of GPS sampling points, and the off-line calculation module calculates possible coordinates and geographical area boundaries of a family by using the GPS data. In addition, the offline computing module may utilize WiFi in the home, network information covering the home (e.g., cell information of the network). For example, when the GPS is used for acquiring points, WiFi information corresponding to the GPS sampling points and Cell information of the network, such as Cell identification (Cell ID), may be acquired, and WiFi data and Cell data corresponding to a home area (WiFi data and Cell data in a home electronic fence area) may be calculated. The dynamic sensing module can also be used for setting the electronic fence by combining the WiFi data and the cell data. In addition, the dynamic sensing module can confirm whether the user leaves or enters the range in the household electronic fence area according to the GPS data, WiFi information and cell information of the household electronic fence area, and further trigger fence notification.

Because the mobile phone is limited by power consumption, the frequency of the sampling point is often limited within a certain range, and therefore, the collected target information is not complete. For example: the user home includes 3 WiFi Access Points (APs) covering 7 cells (7 cellids). The 3 WiFi APs may be understood as 3 different WiFi information, or address information of the 3 different WiFi APs. I.e. the user's home area is covered by 3 different WiFi signals. 7 cells can be understood as the user's home area is covered by the network of 7 different cells of the base station. And the cell phone may acquire only 2 WiFi APs and 5 cells. The missed WiFi AP and the cell cause that fence data calculated by the offline calculation module are not comprehensive, so that the fence of the dynamic sensing module is not completely set, and the missing of WiFi or cell information included in the family electronic fence is easily caused.

In addition, since the data (GPS data, WiFi, cell information, and the like) used by the offline calculation module for learning and calculation are not necessarily collected within the home, some data may be collected outside the home. The offline calculation module needs to calculate data of the home fence and the like according to the data. Therefore, the offline calculation module needs a long learning calculation period to determine which data is available and which data is unavailable (for example, collected data which is not in the range of the family is unavailable), and calculates the data of the family electronic fence according to the available data. For example, if the Cell information of WiFi or home accessories in home changes (for example, the user replaces the WiFi AP in home or the Cell ID of a nearby base station changes), the offline calculation module often needs a long learning period to incorporate the change into the calculation result. Causing a large drop in the fence accuracy during learning. Or even fail to operate. The decline of the precision of the electronic fence during the study can cause the user can not timely and accurate obtain the propelling movement message that corresponds with this electronic fence, seriously influences user's experience.

Based on the above problems, the present application provides a method for updating an electronic fence, which can reduce the time for learning calculation, and avoid the problem that the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to a long learning period when the surrounding environment changes. The precision of fence is improved, user experience is improved.

The method for updating the electronic fence provided by the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1, and is performed by a communication device, which may be the terminal device described above, or may also be other devices that have the function of setting and sensing the electronic fence, and the like.

As shown in fig. 1, the method 100 shown in fig. 1 may include steps 110 to 130.

The various steps in method 100 are described in detail below in conjunction with fig. 1.

S110, the communication device is determined to be in the first electronic fence.

And S120, collecting fence data in the first electronic fence.

S130, updating first electronic fence data pre-stored in the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, where the collected fence data includes the collected WiFi information and/or the cell information, and the pre-stored first electronic fence data includes the WiFi information and/or the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence.

According to the method for updating the electronic fence provided by the embodiment of the application, after the communication device (user) enters the first electronic fence area, the WiFi information and/or the cell information in the first electronic fence area are/is collected. And updating the first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, namely updating the first electronic fence. The acquired data are all fence data in the first electronic fence, so that the high confidence is achieved, the time for the communication device to learn and calculate the first electronic fence data can be greatly shortened, and the problem that the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to the fact that the communication device needs a long learning period to determine the first electronic fence data and update the first fence when the surrounding environment changes is solved. The use efficiency of the precision of first fence is improved, user experience is improved.

Specifically, in S110, the communication device first determines whether it is in the first electronic fence. When the communication device is inside the first electronic fence, i.e. when the communication device (or the user) enters the first electronic fence area, the communication device collects fence data inside the first electronic fence in S120, where the fence data includes WiFi information and/or cell information inside the electronic fence area. The collected fence data includes the collected WiFi information and/or cell information. For example, WiFi information is obtained through WiFi scanning, and cell information is obtained through network scanning. The first fence area can be covered by a plurality of WiFi APs providing signal coverage, or by a network of cells (cells). The first electronic fence area can be a user's home electronic fence, a corporate electronic fence, or an electronic fence of a place frequented by the user, etc. This is not limited by the present application. When the user triggers to enter the first electronic fence area, the communication device collects the WiFi information and/or the cell information in the first electronic fence area. The acquisition of the WiFi information and/or the cell information may be performed by a WiFi module and a network information acquisition module in the communication device.

It should be understood that in addition to collecting WiFi information and/or cell information. The communication device can also collect GPS data and the like on the first electronic fence boundary.

It should also be understood that the communication device may collect (acquire) WiFi information and/or cell information within the first electronic fence area only once after the communication device enters the first electronic fence area. That is, a full data collection (collection of data) is performed once in the whole area of the first electronic fence. Optionally, the communication device may also periodically collect WiFi information and/or cell information in the first electronic fence area. Or periodically and repeatedly acquiring WiFi information and/or cell information in the first electronic fence area. The embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

It should also be understood that WiFi information and/or cell information within the first area fence area can be considered as long as the communication device can collect WiFi information and/or cell information within the first area fence area. For example, even if a certain WiFi AP is not within the first fence, the provided WiFi signal to the WiFi AP may be collected (detected) within the first fence area. The WiFi may also be considered as the WiFi collected in the first fence area. For example, when the first electronic fence is a home electronic fence, it is possible that one WiFi AP is a WiFi AP of a neighboring home, but a WiFi signal of the WiFi AP may also be detected at the user home, and then the WiFi information may also be determined as the collected WiFi information. The WiFi information may include the name or address of the WiFi, etc., and may also be the identity of the WiFi AP that provided the WiFi signal, etc. The cell information may include an identification (cell ID) of a cell, etc.

In S130, the communication device updates the first electronic fence data pre-stored in the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence. The collected fence data includes collected WiFi information and/or cell information. The pre-stored first electronic fence data comprises pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence, pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence, pre-stored GPS data on the boundary of the first electronic fence and the like. The pre-stored first electronic fence data may be data of the first electronic fence previously calculated by learning of the acquired related data by the communication device. The communication device can directly correct or update the pre-stored GPS data on the boundary of the first electronic fence according to the collected fence data, or update the pre-stored WiFi information and/or cell information included in the first electronic fence, or reset the pre-stored first electronic fence, and the like. The application is not limited herein.

Optionally, as an implementation manner, the communication device includes a dynamic sensing module and an offline calculation module. The method for updating the electronic fence provided by the present application will be described below with reference to a dynamic sensing module and an offline calculation module. It should be understood that the following is only an example of the dynamic sensing module and the offline calculation module, and the communication device may further include other units or modules, or may also describe the method for updating the electronic fence provided by the present application in combination with other units or modules included in the communication device, for example, the other units may be a processing unit, a transceiver unit, and the like. The application is not limited herein.

Specifically, the steps S110 and S120 may be executed by the dynamic sensing module. As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method 100 for updating an electronic fence according to another embodiment of the present application, and step S130 may include:

s131, the dynamic sensing module sends the collected fence data to the offline calculation module, and the collected fence data comprises the collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or the cell information.

And S132, the offline calculation module determines the updated fence data of the first electronic fence according to the acquired fence data and by combining the pre-stored fence data of the first electronic fence. And sending the updated fence data of the first electronic fence to the dynamic perception module.

And S133, the dynamic sensing module updates the first electronic fence according to the updated first electronic fence data.

Specifically, in S131, the dynamic sensing module sends the collected fence data to the offline calculation module. Optionally, the dynamic sensing module may further determine whether there is missing data (information) according to the collected fence data in combination with the pre-stored first electronic fence data. The pre-stored first electronic fence data can be stored in the dynamic sensing module and can also be stored in the off-line computing module. The missing data can be understood as different data determined by comparing the collected fence data with the pre-stored first electronic fence data. These missing data may include newly added WiFi information in the first fence area, or WiFi information that disappears due to the removal of a WiFi AP, etc. The missing data may also include cells or the like in which the cell IDs of the base stations in the vicinity of the first electronic fence have changed. The communication device can sense the change of the information at the first time and update or establish the first electronic fence according to the changed information in time. The dynamic sensing module can send the missing data to the offline computing module.

For example, after the user enters the first electronic fence, the WiFi information and/or the cell information in the first electronic fence area is collected. Assume that Cell IDs are 11223340, 11223341, 11223342, 11223344, 11223345 acquired (scanned) in succession. Wherein 11223344 is not included in the Cell ID list pre-stored by the offline calculation module, the information of the Cell with Cell ID 11223344 is the above-mentioned missing information, and this Cell may be the newly added Cell. Or may be a cell with a changed cell ID.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, in addition to the manner of comparing the collected WiFi information and/or cell information with the pre-stored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence to obtain the missing WiFi information and/or cell information, the collected GPS data on the boundary of the first electronic fence may be compared with the pre-stored GPS data to obtain the missing GPS data, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited herein.

In S132, the offline calculation module performs calculation according to the missing WiFi information and/or the cell information, or the collected WiFi information and/or the cell information, in combination with the first electronic fence data pre-stored by the communication device, to determine the updated fence data of the first electronic fence. For example, the updated fence data of the first fence can include GPS data on the updated fence boundary of the first fence, WiFi information and/or cell information included within the updated fence area of the first fence, and so on. The offline calculation module can send the updated fence data of the first electronic fence to the dynamic perception module.

In S133, the dynamic sensing module updates the updated first electronic fence data to update or reestablish the first electronic fence. For example, a correction of GPS data on the border of the first fence may be performed, or an update of WiFi information and/or cell information included within the first fence may be performed. Or also a reset of the first electronic fence, etc. The application is not limited herein.

Optionally, as an embodiment. As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method 100 for updating electronic fence according to another embodiment of the present application, and in S110, the determining, by the dynamic sensing module, that the communication device is located in a first electronic fence includes:

and S111, the dynamic sensing module determines information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device.

S112, determining that the communication device is located in the first electronic fence when the second WiFi information is included in the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence.

Specifically, when determining whether the communication device enters the first electronic fence area, the determination can be made according to WiFi information that the communication device is currently connected to. In S111. The dynamic awareness module determines WiFi information (second WiFi information) that the communication device is currently connected to. Specifically, WiFi information that the communication device is currently connected to can be determined through WiFi status change monitoring. In S112. The dynamic sensing module determines whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence according to the second WiFi information, namely, whether a user enters the first electronic fence area.

And determining whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence by utilizing the WiFi information currently connected with the communication device. The method is easy to realize, simple and convenient, has high precision, and can quickly and accurately determine whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence or not. The user experience is improved.

As an implementation manner, when the WiFi information pre-stored by the communication device includes the second WiFi information, it is determined that the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. I.e., the second WiFi that the communication device is currently accessing is certified to be the WiFi included in the first electronic fence area, then the communication device is certified to have entered the first electronic fence area (i.e., the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence).

For example, it is assumed that the pre-stored WiFi basic service set identifier (WiFi BSSID) of the first electronic fence includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c9, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. The WiFi BSSID may be understood as the address of WiFi or the name of WiFi. The BSSID of the second WiFi is 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. It can be known that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence includes the second WiFi information. The communication device is certified to connect to the designated WiFi. Certifying that the communication device has entered the first electronic fence area.

As one example. In the case that the communication device is determined to be within the range of the first electronic fence according to the second WiFi information, the dynamic sensing module may turn off the WiFi scanning function. Since WiFi scanning is performed periodically, the consumed resources are large (e.g., very power is consumed). Thus, the periodic scanning for WiFi may be stopped upon determining that the communication device has entered the area of the first electronic fence. When the step S120 is needed, WiFi scanning is performed again (WiFi scanning is turned on). Therefore, resources can be saved, and the resource consumption of the communication device can be reduced. And (4) optional. The scanning of cells may also be stopped upon determining that the communication device has entered the area of the first electronic fence. When the above step S120 needs to be executed, cell scanning is performed again.

It should be understood. In addition to the above-described determination of whether a communication device enters the first electronic fence area using WiFi information that the communication device is currently connected to. Other ways may also be utilized, such as by collecting the current GPS data of the communication device, comparing the current GPS data of the communication device with the pre-stored GPS data of the first electronic fence area, and determining whether the communication device has entered the first electronic fence area.

Optionally, as an embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a method 100 for updating electronic fence according to another embodiment of the present application, and in S110, the determining, by the dynamic sensing module, that the communication device is located in a first electronic fence includes:

S113, in a case that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not include the second WiFi information, or in a case that the communication device is connected without WiFi, the dynamic sensing module determines information of a second cell, where the second cell is a cell to which the communication device is connected.

S114, in a case that the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell information, the dynamic sensing module determines that the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence.

Specifically, in the case where it is determined that the communication apparatus is not connected to WiFi. Or, in the case that the second WiFi information is determined not to be included in the WiFi information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device. That is, the WiFi information currently connected through the communication device cannot determine whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. For example, the pre-stored WiFi BSS ID of the first electronic fence includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c9, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. The address of the second WiFi is 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 11. It can be known that the second WiFi information is not included in the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence.

In the above case, in S113, the dynamic sensing module obtains information of a cell (information of the second cell) to which the communication device is currently connected, that is, network information currently accessed by the communication device is monitored. In S114, in the case that the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell, it is determined that the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. For example, it is shown that: as the user moves from home to home, the ID changes of the cells are 11223388, 11223399, 11223311 and 11223340 in order. The pre-stored ID of the cell of the first electronic fence includes: 11223340, 11223350. When the ID of the cell (second cell) to which the communication apparatus is connected is 11223340. Namely, the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell information. It is determined that the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence (i.e., the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence). By adopting the method, whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence or not is judged, and WiFi scanning of the communication device does not need to be started. The energy consumption of the communication device is reduced, resources are saved, and the energy consumption is reduced. And the judgment result is more accurate.

It should be understood that, in the case that the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device does not include the second cell information, the dynamic sensing module may determine that the communication device is not within the range of the first electronic fence, i.e., is outside the range of the first electronic fence.

Optionally, as an embodiment. As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method 100 for updating an electronic fence according to another embodiment of the present application, in the step S114, in the case that the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell information, further, the communication device further performs steps S115 and S116.

And S115, the dynamic sensing module performs WiFi scanning.

S116, determining that the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence if the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the pre-stored WiFi of the first electronic fence.

Specifically, in the case where it is determined that the communication apparatus is not connected to WiFi. Or, the second WiFi information is not included in the WiFi information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device. And, in the case that the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes information (information of the second cell) of a cell to which the communication device is currently connected, which is acquired by the dynamic sensing module. Further, it may also be determined whether the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence in conjunction with WiFi information in an environment surrounding the communication device. Namely, a judgment condition for judging whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence is added.

Therefore, the communication device can start WiFi scanning and carry out WiFi scanning in the surrounding environment. That is, in S115, the dynamic sensing module performs WiFi scanning to acquire scanned WiFi information. In S116, in a case where the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell information, and in a case where the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, it is determined that the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. For example, the pre-stored WiFi BSS ID of the first electronic fence includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c9, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. The BSS ID of the WiFi scanned includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 9. I.e., 2 of the pre-stored WiFi are included in the scanned WiFi. I.e., it is determined that the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence (i.e., the communication device enters the first electronic fence). Whether the communication device is in the range of the first electronic fence is determined by adopting the method. WiFi scanning can be started to the minimum extent, and long-time WiFi scanning starting is avoided as far as possible. The energy consumption of the communication device can be reduced, and resources are saved. And whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence can be accurately judged. The user experience is improved.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, in a case that the WiFi information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device does not include the second WiFi information currently connected to the communication device, the WiFi scanning may also be directly performed, and the scanned WiFi information is used to determine whether the communication device is within the range of the first electronic fence. It is not determined whether the cell to which the communication device is currently connected is a cell included in the cells of the pre-stored first electronic fence.

It should also be understood that, in the case that the cell information of the first electronic fence pre-stored by the communication device does not include the second cell information, the dynamic sensing module may further determine whether the communication device is out of range of the first electronic fence in combination with the scanned WiFi information. For example, in a case that at least one of the pre-stored WiFi is not included in the scanned WiFi, it is determined that the communication device is outside the range of the first electronic fence.

Optionally, as an embodiment, in step S115, after the dynamic sensing module acquires information of WiFi scanning, the method further includes:

the dynamic perception module determines a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold.

The step S116 includes:

in a case where the cell information of the first fence pre-stored by the communication device includes the second cell information, and in a case where the third WiFi set includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first fence, it is determined that the communication device is within range of the first fence.

Specifically, the dynamic sensing module obtains information of WiFi scanning, that is, the dynamic sensing module obtains information of WiFi scanning. The dynamic sensing module may determine a third set of WiFi's having signal strengths above the first threshold among the scanned WiFi's. It is then determined whether the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first fence to determine whether the communication device is within range of the first fence.

For example. Assume that the BSS ID of the scanned WiFi includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c9, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c10, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c11, and 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 12. The BSS ID of the WiFi with the signal strength higher than the first threshold value in the 5 WiFi includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c10, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c11, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 12. I.e. the third set of WiFi includes 3 WiFi. The pre-stored WiFi BSS ID for the first electronic fence includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c9, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. As can be seen. The third set of WiFi includes one of the pre-stored WiFi's, which is WiFi with BSS ID 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. That is, one of WiFi included in the third WiFi set and WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence coincides, therefore. It may be determined that the communication device is within range of the first electronic fence. Determining whether a communication device is within the first electronic fence range in the manner described above may further save the time to determine whether the communication device is within the first electronic fence range. The accuracy of the determined result is improved.

The following describes a specific flow of the positioning method provided in the present application with reference to specific examples.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a method 200 of updating an electronic fence according to an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 6 illustrates an example of a home electronic fence in which the first electronic fence is a user.

As shown in fig. 6, the method 200 includes:

s201, at the outside of the home electronic fence, a dynamic sensing module in a communication device of a user monitors the WiFi state change of the current connection of the communication device, and confirms the WiFi AP of the current connection of the communication device.

S202, the dynamic sensing module determines whether the WiFi AP currently connected with the communication device conforms to the information of the WiFi AP learned by the offline calculation module. Namely, whether the currently connected WiFi AP is the WiFi AP included in the pre-stored WiFi AP information of the home electronic fence is determined.

S203, if the WiFi AP connected currently accords with the family Wifi information learned by the offline learning module, determining that the user triggers to enter a family fence, namely, the family fence area, and starting to collect the environment data corpus of the family fence. And confirming whether the data missed in the learning calculation of the off-line calculation module exists or not. If so, the high confidence data source is returned to the off-line computation module for learning. So that the off-line calculation module can carry out learning calculation, and the time for the off-line calculation module to learn calculation is reduced. Optionally, the Cell + WiFi scanning function of the communication device may be turned off. I.e. without periodic scanning of Cell + WiFi, the energy consumption of the communication device can be saved.

S204, if the communication device is not connected with WiFi or the WiFi AP connected at present does not accord with the family Wifi information provided by the offline learning module, Cell scanning is started. For example, the Wifi information learned by the offline calculation module (the pre-stored Wifi information) is: the BSS ID for WiFi includes: 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c8, 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 9. The cell information learned by the offline calculation module (pre-stored cell information) is: the cell ID includes: 11223340, 11223341, 11223342, 11223344. The BSS ID of the currently connected WiFi AP is 1c:15:1f: a7: f4: c 10. And determining that the WiFi AP connected currently does not conform to the family Wifi information provided by the offline learning module.

S205, the dynamic sensing module monitors the cell information of the current connection of the communication device. It is determined whether the communication apparatus is connected to a cell included in the pre-stored cell information. For example, as the user moves from home to home, the ID changes of the cells are 11223388, 11223399, 11223311, 11223340 in order. The pre-stored cell information is: the cell ID includes: 11223340, 11223341, 11223342, 11223344. When the ID of the cell to which the communication apparatus is connected is 11223340. It is determined that the communication apparatus is connected to a cell included in the pre-stored cell information.

S206, when the communication device connects to the cell included in the pre-stored cell information, the WiFi scanning is turned on to confirm the WiFi AP whose signal strength is greater than the preset threshold in the scanned WiFi. There may be a plurality of WiFi APs with signal strength greater than a preset threshold, and there may be one WiFi AP. If there is an AP (pre-stored WiFi information) that conforms to the home WiFi, it is determined that the communication device triggers entry into the home fence. In a case where the communication apparatus does not connect to a cell included in the pre-stored cell information, it is determined that the communication apparatus does not enter the home fence. Or, the communication device connects to the cell included in the pre-stored cell information, but determines that the communication device does not enter the home fence if the scanned WiFi does not conform to the pre-stored WiFi.

S207, after the user triggers to enter the fence, start to collect the environment data corpus of the home electronic fence, for example, collect WiFi information and/or cell information in the home electronic fence. Furthermore, the GPS information of the household electronic fence can be collected. And confirming whether the data missed in the learning calculation of the off-line calculation module exists or not. If so, the high confidence data source is returned to the off-line computation module for learning. So that the offline calculation module can perform learning calculation to obtain the fence data of the family electronic fence. For example. The Cell IDs 11223340, 11223341, 11223342, 11223344, 11223345 are scanned sequentially after entering the fence, wherein the 11223344, 11223344 are not included in the Cell list provided by the offline calculation module (pre-stored Cell information). The data with high probability is data missed during learning of the offline calculation module, and may be WiFi APs added by the user, or may be IDs of cells of the base station in the home period changed. The dynamic sensing module can sense the change of the information at the first time. And timely feeds back to the off-line calculation module. The offline calculation module can quickly obtain the updated data of the home electronic fence, so that the dynamic sensing module can update the home electronic fence conveniently. The time for learning calculation of the off-line calculation module can be shortened. The defect that the precision of the electronic fence is not high during the learning calculation of the off-line calculation module is avoided to a great extent. The user experience is improved.

The process flow of the method 200 described above mainly describes the process of entering the home electronic fence from outside the home electronic fence by the user. The main process flow of the user leaving the home electronic fence from the inside of the home fence until outside the home electronic fence will be described with reference to fig. 7 and the method 300 for updating the electronic fence.

As shown in fig. 7, the method 300 includes:

s301, in the home electronic fence, a dynamic sensing module in the communication device of the user monitors a WiFi change event currently connected with the communication device, and confirms a WiFi AP currently connected with the communication device.

S302, the dynamic sensing module determines whether the WiFi AP currently connected with the communication device conforms to the information (pre-stored Wifi information) of the WiFi AP learned by the offline calculation module. Namely, whether the currently connected WiFi AP is a WiFi AP included in the WiFi of the pre-stored home electronic fence is determined.

S303, if the WiFi AP connected at present accords with the family Wifi information learned by the offline learning module, the dynamic sensing module can collect a family fence environment data complete set. For example, WiFi information and/or cell information within the home electronics fence is collected. Furthermore, the GPS information of the household electronic fence can be collected. And confirming whether the data missed in the learning calculation of the off-line calculation module exists or not. If so, the high confidence data source is returned to the off-line computation module for learning. The time taken for the offline calculation module to learn the calculation can be reduced. Optionally, the Cell + WiFi scanning function of the communication device may be turned off.

S304, if the communication device is not connected with WiFi, or the WiFi AP connected at present does not accord with the family Wifi information (prestored Wifi information) provided by the offline learning module, Cell scanning is started.

S305, the dynamic sensing module monitors the cell information of the current connection of the communication device. It is determined whether the communication apparatus is connected to a cell included in the pre-stored cell information.

S306, when the communication device connects to the cell included in the pre-stored cell information, the WiFi scanning is turned on to confirm the WiFi AP whose signal strength is greater than the preset threshold in the scanned WiFi. There may be a plurality of WiFi APs with signal strength greater than a preset threshold, and there may be one WiFi AP. If there is an AP (pre-stored Wifi information) conforming to the home WiFi, it is determined that the communication apparatus is within the home electronic fence. The dynamic perception module can perform a complete set of environmental data of the home fence. And confirming whether the data missed in the learning calculation of the off-line calculation module exists or not. If so, the high confidence data source is returned to the off-line computation module for learning. In case the communication device connects a cell not included in the pre-stored cell information, the user may have left the home (triggered to leave the home electronics fence), outside the home electronics fence. The collection of the environmental data of the home fence is stopped.

S307, if no AP (pre-stored Wifi information) which accords with the family WiFi exists in the WiFi APs with the signal intensity larger than the preset threshold value, the AP which accords with the family WiFi is not scanned. In this case, the user may have left the home (triggered to leave the home electronics fence), outside of the home electronics fence. The collection of the environmental data of the home fence is stopped.

It should be understood that the specific steps of the method 300 are similar to the corresponding steps of the related embodiment of the method 200, and similar descriptions may refer to the description of the method 200, and are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be understood that the steps described in the method 200 and the method 300 are only for exemplary illustration of the method for updating the electronic fence provided by the present application, and should not cause any limitation to the method for updating the electronic fence provided by the present application. For example. The dynamic awareness module can also determine whether the user enters or leaves the electronic fence area in conjunction with the GPS information. The embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

It should also be understood that the manner, the case, the category, and the division of the embodiments are only for convenience of description and should not be construed as a particular limitation, and features in various manners, the category, the case, and the embodiments may be combined without contradiction.

It should also be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, first, second, etc. are used merely to indicate that a plurality of objects are different. For example, the first WiFi information and the second WiFi information are only to indicate different WiFi information. And should not have any influence on the WiFi information itself, and the above-mentioned first, second, etc. should not cause any limitation to the embodiments of the present application.

It should also be understood that the above description is only for the purpose of facilitating a better understanding of the embodiments of the present application by those skilled in the art, and is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. Various equivalent modifications or changes will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the above examples given, for example, some steps of the above-described methods 100-300 may not be necessary, or some steps may be newly added, etc. Or a combination of any two or more of the above embodiments. Such modifications, variations, or combinations are also within the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It should also be understood that the foregoing descriptions of the embodiments of the present application focus on highlighting differences between the various embodiments, and that the same or similar elements that are not mentioned may be referred to one another and, for brevity, are not repeated herein.

It should also be understood that the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by the function and the inherent logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

It should also be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, "preset" or "predefined" may be implemented by saving a corresponding code, table, or other means that can be used to indicate related information in a device (for example, including a terminal device in advance), and the present application is not limited to a specific implementation manner thereof.

It is also to be understood that the terminology and/or the description of the various embodiments herein is consistent and mutually inconsistent if no specific statement or logic conflicts exists, and that the technical features of the various embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments based on their inherent logical relationships.

The method for updating the electronic fence according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 to 7. Hereinafter, a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 8 to 11.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the communication apparatus 400 includes a determination unit 410, a data acquisition unit 420, and an update unit 430. The determination unit 410, the data acquisition unit 420 and the update unit 430 communicate with each other via internal connection paths, passing control and/or data signals.

A determining unit 410 for determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence;

a data collection unit 420 for collecting fence data in the first electronic fence;

an updating unit 430, configured to update first electronic fence data pre-stored by the communication device according to fence data collected in the first electronic fence, where the collected fence data includes collected WiFi information and/or cell information, and the pre-stored first electronic fence data includes pre-stored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence.

According to the communication device provided by the embodiment of the application, after the communication device (user) enters the first electronic fence area, WiFi information and/or cell information in the first electronic fence area are collected. And updating the first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, namely updating the first electronic fence. The acquired data are all fence data in the first electronic fence, so that the high confidence is achieved, the time for the communication device to learn and calculate the first electronic fence data can be greatly shortened, and the problem that the accuracy of the electronic fence is greatly reduced during learning due to the fact that the communication device needs a long learning period to determine the first electronic fence data and update the first fence when the surrounding environment changes is solved. The use efficiency of the precision of first fence is improved, user experience is improved.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present application, the determining unit 410 is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second WiFi.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present application, the determining unit 410 is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device; determining information of a second cell under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not comprise the information of the second WiFi or the communication device is connected without WiFi, wherein the second cell is the cell connected with the communication device; and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the prestored cell information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second cell.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present application, the data acquisition unit 420 is further configured to: scanning WiFi information; the determining unit 410 is further configured to: in a case where the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and in a case where the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence, determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present application, the determining unit 410 is further configured to:

determining a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold; determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes information of the second cell, and if the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence.

It should be understood that the communication device 400 may also include a storage unit for storing instructions executed by the determination unit 410, the data acquisition unit 420, and the update unit 430. For the specific process of each unit in the communication apparatus 400 to execute the corresponding steps, please refer to the description of the method embodiment in conjunction with fig. 1 to fig. 7, which is omitted here for brevity.

It should also be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the determining unit and the data acquiring unit may be integrated on the dynamic sensing module, or the dynamic sensing module may also complete the functions of the determining unit and the data acquiring unit. The function of the updating unit can be completed by the dynamic sensing module and the off-line calculating module. Alternatively, this may be done by the dynamic sensing module alone. Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the communication device 500 includes a dynamic perception module 510 and an offline calculation module 520.

The dynamic sensing module 510 and the offline calculation module 520 communicate with each other via an internal connection path, and transmit control and/or data signals. Optionally, the communication device 500 may further include a storage module for storing instructions executed by the dynamic sensing module 510 and the offline calculation module 520.

It should be understood that, for brevity, the units in the communication apparatus 500 do not need to be described again here to perform the corresponding specific process steps and the corresponding advantageous effects described above, please refer to the related descriptions in the foregoing methods 100 to 200 and fig. 1 to 7.

It should also be understood that the division of the modules (units) in the above apparatus is only a division of logical functions, and the actual implementation may be wholly or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated. And the units in the device can be realized in the form of software called by the processing element; or may be implemented entirely in hardware; part of the units can also be realized in the form of software called by a processing element, and part of the units can be realized in the form of hardware. For example, each unit may be a processing element separately set up, or may be implemented by being integrated into a chip of the apparatus, or may be stored in a memory in the form of a program, and a function of the unit may be called and executed by a processing element of the apparatus. The processing element, which may also be referred to herein as a processor, may be an integrated circuit having signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, the steps of the method or the units above may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor element or in a form called by software through the processor element.

In one example, the modules (units) in any of the above communication devices may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as: one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), or one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), or a combination of at least two of these integrated circuit forms. As another example, when a unit in a device may be implemented in the form of a processing element scheduler, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or other processor capable of invoking programs. As another example, these units may be integrated together and implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

The communication apparatus 400 and the communication apparatus 500 are communication devices, and may be chips in the communication devices. When the communication device is a communication device, the communication device may include a processor and a transceiver. The communication device may also include a memory for storing instructions that are executed by the processor to cause the communication device to perform the above-described method. When the communication apparatus 400 and the communication apparatus 500 are chips in a communication device, the transceiver may be an input/output interface, a pin, a circuit, or the like; the processor executes instructions stored in a memory (e.g., a register, a cache, etc.) within the chip or external to the chip (e.g., a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.) within the communication device to cause the communication apparatus to perform the operations performed in the method 200. As shown in fig. 10, the communication device 600 may include a processor 610, a memory 620, and a transceiver 630. It is to be understood that the transceiver may be implemented by the communication unit and the processor may be implemented by the processing unit. The memory may be implemented by a memory unit.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, while the steps performed by the communication apparatus 600 and the corresponding advantages can be referred to the related descriptions of the methods 100 to 300, the description is omitted here for brevity.

The embodiment of the application also provides terminal equipment which comprises the communication device provided by the embodiment of the application.

Optionally, the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application is a terminal device.

The structure of the terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below by taking the terminal device as a mobile phone as an example, and it should be understood that the mobile phone is taken as an example only for convenience of description, and should not limit the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 11 shows a schematic block diagram of a handset 700 according to an embodiment of the application, as shown in fig. 11, the handset 700 comprising: radio Frequency (RF) circuit 710, power supply 720, processor 730, memory 740, input unit 750, display unit 760, sensor 770, audio circuit 780, and Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module 790. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the handset configuration shown in fig. 11 is not intended to be limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes the components of the mobile phone 700 in detail with reference to fig. 11:

RF circuit 710 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during a message transmission or call, and in particular, for receiving downlink information from a base station and then processing the received downlink information to processor 730; in addition, the data for designing uplink is transmitted to the base station. Typically, the RF circuitry includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuit 710 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to global system for mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Message Service (SMS), etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the RF circuit 710 may acquire information of a cell to which the terminal device is currently connected, or cell information in an electronic fence area.

The memory 740 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 730 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone 700 by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 740. The memory 740 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone 700, and the like. Additionally, the memory 740 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 750 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the cellular phone 700. Specifically, the input unit 750 may include a touch panel 751 and other input devices 752. The touch panel 751, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations by a user (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 751 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory) and drive the corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. Alternatively, the touch panel 751 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 730, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 730. In addition, the touch panel 751 may be implemented in various types, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. The input unit 750 may include other input devices 752 in addition to the touch panel 751. In particular, other input devices 752 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 760 may be used to display information input by or provided to the user and various menus of the mobile phone 700. The display unit 760 may include a display panel 761, and optionally, the display panel 761 may be configured in the form of an LCD, an OLED, or the like. Further, the touch panel 751 can cover the display panel 761, and when the touch panel 751 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 730 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 730 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 761 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 7, the touch panel 751 and the display panel 751 are two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone 700, in some embodiments, the touch panel 751 and the display panel 761 can be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone 700. In this embodiment, a user may click the display unit 760 to trigger a control event, so that the mobile phone 700 collects the control event, and meanwhile, the mobile phone 700 may also collect a parameter value (including page element data and/or memory variable data) of the control event through the control event. In the embodiment of the present application, a message indicating whether the user enters the electronic fence may be notified to the user through the display unit 760.

Sensors 770 such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor may adjust the brightness of the display unit 770 according to the brightness of ambient light. The motion sensor may include a gyroscope, a GPS chip, and the like, and as one type of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor may detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), and may detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and may be used for applications of recognizing the posture of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like. For example, in this embodiment of the present application, the sensor 770 may be used to detect GPS data of the user for determining whether the user enters the electronic fence area.

Audio circuitry 780, speaker 781 may provide an audio interface between a user and cell phone 700. The audio circuit 780 may transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 781, and convert the electrical signal into an audio signal through the speaker 787 for output; on the other hand, the microphone 782 converts the collected sound signals into electrical signals, which are received by the audio circuit 780 and converted to audio data, which is output to the RF circuit 710 for transmission to, for example, another cell phone, or to the memory 740 for further processing. In the embodiment of the present application, the user can be informed whether the user enters the electronic fence through the audio circuit 780 and the speaker 781.

The bluetooth module 782 is a Printed Circuit Board (PCBA) with bluetooth function, is used for short-distance wireless communication, and is divided into a bluetooth data module and a bluetooth voice module according to functions.

WIFI belongs to a short-distance wireless transmission technology, the mobile phone 700 can help a user to receive and send emails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the WIFI module 790, and wireless broadband internet access is provided for the user. In this embodiment of the application, a user may obtain WIFI information currently connected to the terminal device or WIFI information in an electronic fence area through the WIFI module 790.

The processor 730 is a control center of the mobile phone 700, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile phone 700 and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 740 and calling data stored in the memory 740, thereby implementing various services based on the mobile phone. Optionally, processor 730 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 730 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 730. In this embodiment of the application, the processor 730 analyzes the obtained WIFI information, the cell information, and the GPS data, and determines whether the user enters the electronic fence area, updates the electronic fence, and the like.

The handset 700 also includes a power supply 720 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may preferably be logically coupled to the processor 730 via a power management system that may be used to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption.

Although not shown, the handset 700 may also include a camera or the like, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be noted that the mobile phone shown in fig. 11 is only an example of a terminal device, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited, and the embodiment of the present application may be applied to electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a wearable device, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit this.

The present embodiment also provides a computer readable medium for storing a computer program code, where the computer program includes instructions for executing the method for updating the electronic fence according to the present embodiment in the methods 100 to 300. The readable medium may be a read-only memory (ROM) or a Random Access Memory (RAM), which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the communication apparatus to perform steps corresponding to the method described above.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a system chip, where the system chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a communication unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc. The processing unit can execute computer instructions to enable a chip in the communication device to execute any one of the methods for updating the electronic fence provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, the computer instructions are stored in a storage unit.

Alternatively, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a ROM or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a RAM, and the like. The processor mentioned in any of the above may be a CPU, a microprocessor, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the program execution of the method for updating the electronic fence. The processing unit and the storage unit may be decoupled, and are respectively disposed on different physical devices, and are connected in a wired or wireless manner to implement respective functions of the processing unit and the storage unit, so as to support the system chip to implement various functions in the foregoing embodiments. Alternatively, the processing unit and the memory may be coupled to the same device.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a ROM, a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be RAM, which acts as external cache memory. There are many different types of RAM, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), SLDRAM (synchronous link DRAM), and rddram.

Various objects such as various messages/information/devices/network elements/systems/devices/actions/operations/procedures/concepts may be named in the present application, it is to be understood that these specific names do not constitute limitations on related objects, and the named names may vary according to circumstances, contexts, or usage habits, and the understanding of the technical meaning of the technical terms in the present application should be mainly determined by the functions and technical effects embodied/performed in the technical solutions.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method of electronic fence update, the method performed by a communication device, the method comprising:

determining that the communication device is within a first electronic fence;

collecting fence data within the first electronic fence;

updating first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, wherein the collected fence data comprises collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or cell information, and the prestored first electronic fence data comprises prestored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that the communication device is within a first electronic fence comprises:

determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device;

and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second WiFi.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that the communication device is within a first electronic fence comprises:

determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device;

determining information of a second cell under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not comprise the information of the second WiFi or the communication device is connected without WiFi, wherein the second cell is the cell connected with the communication device;

determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes information of the second cell.
The method of claim 3, further comprising:

scanning WiFi information;

the determining that the communication device is located in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes the information of the second cell includes:

determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell and if the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence.
The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold;

the determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell and if the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence comprises:

determining that the communication device is within the first fence if the cell information of the pre-stored first fence includes information of the second cell, and if the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first fence.
A communication apparatus, characterized in that,

a determining unit to determine that the communication device is within a first electronic fence;

the data acquisition unit is used for acquiring fence data in the first electronic fence;

the updating unit is used for updating first electronic fence data prestored by the communication device according to the fence data collected in the first electronic fence, the collected fence data comprise collected wireless fidelity WiFi information and/or cell information, and the prestored first electronic fence data comprise prestored WiFi information and/or cell information of the first electronic fence.
The communication device of claim 6,

the determining unit is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device;

and determining that the communication device is in the first electronic fence under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence comprises the information of the second WiFi.
The communication device of claim 6,

the determining unit is specifically configured to: determining information of a second WiFi, wherein the second WiFi is the WiFi connected with the communication device;

determining information of a second cell under the condition that the pre-stored WiFi information of the first electronic fence does not comprise the information of the second WiFi or the communication device is connected without WiFi, wherein the second cell is the cell connected with the communication device;

determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the pre-stored cell information of the first electronic fence includes information of the second cell.
The communications device of claim 8, wherein the data acquisition unit is further configured to:

scanning WiFi information;

the determination unit is further configured to: determining that the communication device is within the first electronic fence if the cell information of the pre-stored first electronic fence includes information of the second cell and if the scanned WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first electronic fence.
The communications apparatus of claim 9, wherein the determining unit is further configured to:

determining a third set of WiFi of the scanned WiFi whose signal strength is above a first threshold;

determining that the communication device is within the first fence if the cell information of the pre-stored first fence includes information of the second cell, and if the third set of WiFi includes at least one of the WiFi of the pre-stored first fence.
A communications device comprising at least one processor configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 and interface circuitry.
A terminal device characterized by comprising the communication apparatus according to claim 11.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of the preceding claims 1 to 5.
A computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 5.
A chip system, comprising:

a memory to store instructions;

a processor configured to retrieve and execute the instructions from the memory, so that a communication device on which the system-on-chip is installed performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.