Device and method for mobility pattern mining
US8958826B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2033 |
Classification
- 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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