Crowd formation based on physical boundaries and other rules
US9300704B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/021
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.