Facilitation of mobile device geolocation

• US 10,219,115 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mappus, Rudolph, Fix, Jeremy, Doejode, Ravishankar, White, James Morgan
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US15/825,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20180091948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

More efficient mobile device location data can be obtained by estimating a most likely location point in a coverage pattern using a kernel density estimation technique. The kernel density estimation technique can provide a continuous estimate of the most frequented locations of a mobile device(s) within a coverage area. For each wireless sector, the collected location data can grouped to the closest geographic coordinate system, and an inference can be made based on the grouped data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

estimating, by a wireless network device of a wireless network comprising a processor, a probability density of a random variable associated with grouping location data, according to a geographic coordinate system, wherein the location data is representative of previous locations of a mobile device of mobile devices, wherein the estimating results in an estimated number of the mobile devices;

based on the estimated number of the mobile devices being determined to exceed a defined number of the mobile devices associated with a network capacity of a transceiver of the wireless network, generating an indication that additional network capacity beyond the network capacity is requested;

identifying, by the wireless network device, a location point based on the probability density; and

based on the location point and the indication, determining, by the wireless network device, a probable location of the mobile device according to a defined probability function.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping the location data comprises mapping the location data to a value representative of an interval associated with the location data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the grouping the location data comprises mapping the location data to a military grid reference system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the estimating comprises a kernel density estimation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the kernel density estimation is a triangular kernel density estimation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is a first indication, and wherein the estimating comprises a uniform kernel density estimation in response to a second indication that global positioning system data is unavailable.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating, by the wireless network device, an indexed data structure at a defined interval based on historical location data associated with the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating, by the wireless network device, an indexed data structure at a defined interval based on the location data associated with the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the determining the probable location of the mobile device, reallocating, by the network device, a resource associated with the wireless network.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

binning location data associated with preceding locations of a mobile device of mobile devices according to bins of a geographic coordinate system, wherein the binning results in an estimated number of the mobile devices;

based on the estimated number of the mobile devices and in response to a condition associated with a network capacity of a transceiver device being determined to have been satisfied, generating a request for additional network capacity over the network capacity; and

in response to determining a probable location of the mobile device and the generating the request, determining a frequented location of the mobile device, wherein the determining the probable location comprises estimating a probability density of a random variable associated with the binning.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the estimating comprises estimating the probability density of the random variable associated with the binning according to defined time intervals.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the binning comprises mapping the location data to areas of a universal polar stereographic grid system.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

based on the determining the probable location of the mobile device, generating coupon data representative of a coupon for use by the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the binning comprises mapping the location data to areas of a universal polar stereographic grid system.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the frequented location within an indexed data structure.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

updating the indexed data structure according to an hourly interval based on historical location data.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

estimating a probability density of a random variable associated with grouping location data, according to a geographic coordinate system, wherein the location data is representative of previous locations of mobile devices, resulting in an estimated number of the mobile devices;

in response to a determination that the estimated number of the mobile devices exceeds a network capacity of a transceiver of a wireless network, generating an indication that additional network capacity for the wireless network is to be requested;

identifying a location point based on the probability density; and

based on the previous locations of the mobile devices and the location point, determining a probable location of a mobile device of the mobile devices.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the determining the probable location of the mobile device, transmitting coupon data representative of a coupon to the mobile device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the transmitting the coupon data is based on a time interval associated with the mobile device being at the probable location.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the estimating the probability density comprises estimating a kernel density of the previous locations of the mobile devices in accordance with a triangular kernel estimation.