Method and system for estimating the presence of people on a territory exploiting mobile communication network data
US12389201B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/027
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method including subdividing a geographic area of interest in geographic zones; subdividing the geographic area of interest in geographic area portions; causing mobile communication terminals situated in the geographic area of interest to calculate respective geographic position estimates; distributing an overall number of geographic position estimates; receiving indications of events of interaction between the mobile communication terminals and network cells; identifying, for each one of the stored indications of events of interaction, the network cell in which the event of interaction occurred; building an array of presences in which each geographic zone has assigned thereto a respective indication of a respective number of events of interaction occurred in the identified network cells which have, in the geographic zone, a cell weight greater than a predetermined cell weight value, and providing the array of presences in output for estimating presence of individuals on a territory.
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