Systems and methods of tracking locations visited by mobile devices residing within a predetermined activity area to quantify a change
US10036638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods including mobile devices determining their locations using location determination units, such as GPS receivers. A computing device generates a statistical measurement of location pattern changes in relation to a predetermined region for a predetermined period of time. The measurement is generated from a difference between the average response of exposed mobile devices and the average response of non-exposed mobile devices, where each of the exposed/non-exposed mobile devices is selected for having a home location or a visitation pattern within an activity area associated with the predetermined region, and each response of a mobile device is based on determining whether locations of the mobile device is within the predetermined region and counts of visitations to the predetermined region by the mobile device in different time intervals.
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