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Device and method for mobility pattern mining

US8958826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2013
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/029
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobility pattern mining device includes: a data collecting unit configured to collect a user's historical data; a stay point obtaining unit configured to obtain stay points of the user from the historical data; an extracting unit configured to obtain a semantic tree for a certain topic and extract topic related stay points from the stay points of the user by using the semantic tree for the certain topic; a determining unit configured to determine a candidate mobility pattern of the user based on the topic related stay points; and a selecting unit configured to select a frequent mobility pattern which best matches the candidate mobility pattern of the user from a frequent mobility pattern database related to the certain topic, wherein the database is set in advance based on historical data for a plurality of users to obtain mobility patterns about topics for users.

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