System and method for providing a descriptive location of a user device

• US 10,264,420 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2018
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carbyne Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Carbyne Ltd.
• Inventors: Dizengof, Alexander, Yatsun, Yony
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khai M
• Application Number:
  US16/010,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20180302766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 302 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/013 Identifying areas in a building
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/02529 not involving signal parameters, i.e. only involving identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0295 Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A system and method for providing a descriptive location of a first user device. The method includes: receiving a request to determine an updated descriptive location pointer for the second user device; receiving data associated with the first user device and at least one radio frequency (RF) signal; and determining an updated descriptive location pointer for the second user device based on a unique identifier collected by the first user device, the data associated with the first user device, and the at least one RF signal, wherein the unique identifier is created by the first user device based on data and RF signals received by the first user device during a learning phase, wherein the unique identifier is associated with at least one predetermined descriptive location pointer, wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is determined from among the at least one predetermined descriptive location pointer.

Claims

1. A method for determining a current location of a tracked user device based on data of another user device, comprising:

gathering a plurality of unique location identifiers, each of the plurality of unique location identifiers is created from at least one radio frequency (RF) signal captured in a location pointed by one of a plurality of descriptive location pointers by a user device;

sending, during a tracking phase, a request to determine an updated descriptive location for a tracked user device, the tracked user device is different from the user device;

receiving an additional unique location identifier of at least one additional RF signal captured by the tracked user device during the tracking phase; and

identifying, during the tracking phase, an updated descriptive location pointer indicating a current location of the tracked user device based on an outcome of a learning phase analysis of the plurality of unique location identifiers and the additional unique location identifier;

wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is one of the plurality of descriptive location pointers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of unique location identifiers are collected, during the learning phase, in response to a detection of a trigger event.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger event is an outcome of a detection of movement of a monitored user device from a monitored location.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger event is an outcome of a detection of a lack of movement of the tracked user device for at least a period of time.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger event is an outcome of an identification of an updated network connection with the tracked user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of descriptive location pointers are determined based on user inputs received using the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein data associated with the tracked user device and the at least one additional RF are received from another user device when the another user device is in proximity to a member of a group consisting of:

the tracked user device, an RF signal transmitter device that transmitted at least a portion of at least one additional RF during the learning phase.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is an indoor location pointer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is of a member of a group consisting of:

a street name, a street number, a building number, a floor, an apartment number, and a room number.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is provided by an emergency dispatcher unit operated by an emergency service.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein additional unique location identifier is received from a user device in proximity to the tracked user device.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for determining a current location of a tracked user device based on data of another user device, the process comprising:

gathering a plurality of unique location identifiers, each of the plurality of unique location identifiers is created from at least one radio frequency (RF) signal captured in a location pointed by one of a plurality of descriptive location pointers by a user device;

sending, during a tracking phase, a request to determine an updated descriptive location for a tracked user device, the tracked user device is different from the user device;

receiving an additional unique location identifier of at least one additional RF signal captured by the tracked user device during the tracking phase; and

identifying, during the tracking phase, an updated descriptive location pointer indicating a current location of the tracked user device based on an outcome of a learning phase analysis of the plurality of unique location identifiers and the additional unique location identifier;

wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is one of the plurality of descriptive location pointers.

13. A system for determining a descriptive location of a second user device based on data of a first user device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a database comprising a plurality of unique location identifiers, each of the plurality of unique location identifiers is created from at least one radio frequency (RF) signal captured in a location pointed by one of a plurality of descriptive location pointers by a user device;

a network interface configured for;

sending, during a tracking phase, a request to determine an updated descriptive location for a tracked user device, the tracked user device is different from the user device;

receiving an additional unique location identifier of at least one additional RF signal captured by the tracked user device during the tracking phase; and

a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the system to identify, during the tracking phase, an updated descriptive location pointer indicating a current location of the tracked user device based on an outcome of a learning phase analysis of the plurality of unique location identifiers and the additional unique location identifier;

wherein the updated descriptive location pointer is one of the plurality of descriptive location pointers.