Estimating footfall for a location
US12182828B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01D1/16
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a computerized method and system for estimating footfall for a location of one or more users. Visitation data including a plurality of visit data items is obtained. The obtained visitation data is grouped into one or more groups of visit data items. For each group, the data items in the group is assigned to one or more clusters of visits. For each visit data item, the data item is assigned to a given cluster of the clusters. Based on the one or more clusters of visits data, a footfall estimation for a location is determined, wherein the footfall estimation for the location is indicative of a number of visits of the one or more users in the location, within one or more time intervals.
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