Systems and methods to identify home addresses of mobile devices
US9730028B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods including a database storing the identifiers of cells representing residential parcels of real estate properties. Mobile devices determine the coordinates of their locations during a period of time using a location determination system, such as a global positioning system. The coordinates are converted to cell identifiers to look up corresponding residential parcels that have been visited by the mobile devices. A server generates a visitation data set for each residential parcel visited by each mobile device, including different types of frequencies of the mobile device visiting the residential parcel (e.g., night, weekend). A server filters the residential parcels based on visitation frequencies to identify home candidates and then further filters the home candidates based on the count of mobile devices having the home candidates. A home parcel, and thus its address, is identified from the filtered home candidate(s) for each mobile device.
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