Normalizing insufficient signals based on additional information

• US 10,324,950 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2019
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2018
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Inventors: Leung, KW Justin, Urbach, Michael Avner, Patton, Damien, Gratton, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cam Linh T
• Application Number:
  US16/280,391
• Time in Patent Office: 118 Days
• Field of Search: 707736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for normalizing insufficient signals based on additional information. Evidence of an event is detected from a raw signal. It is determined signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the raw signal along at least one of: a time, location, or context dimension into a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format. In one aspect, an additional raw signal related to the detected evidence is accessed from another signal source. In another aspect, a previously detected event related to the detected evidence is received from a geo cell database. The raw signal is normalized into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format, including deriving at least one of: the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension from a combination of the signal characteristics and characteristics of the other signal and/or characteristics of the previously detected event.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

ingest a raw signal including a time stamp, an indication of a signal type, an indication of a signal source, and content from the signal source;

detect evidence of an event from the content;

determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal along at least one of;

a time dimension, a location dimension, or a context dimension into a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format;

trigger a signal request requesting additional signals related to the detected evidence in response to determining that the signal characteristics are insufficient;

access an additional raw signal related to the detected evidence from another signal source; and

normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format including deriving at least one of;

the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension from a combination of the signal characteristics and characteristics of the additional raw signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein instructions configured to determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal comprise instructions configured to determine that that the raw signal lacks sufficiently accurate location information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein instructions configured to determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal comprise instructions configured to determine that the raw signal lacks sufficiently accurate context information.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions configured to send the signal request to one or more signal sources.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein instructions configured to access an additional raw signal related to the detected evidence from another signal source comprise instructions configured to access an additional raw signal returned from the other signal sources in response to the signal request.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein instructions configured to normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format comprise instructions configured to derive the location dimension of the raw signal from a combination of the signal characteristics and characteristics of the additional raw signal.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions configured to detect an event of interest to one or more entities based on at least one of:

the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein instructions configured to normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format comprise instructions configured to apply a transdimensionality transform to data in the raw signal to re-encode the data into normalized data having lower dimensionality.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

ingest a raw signal including a time stamp, an indication of a signal type, an indication of a signal source, and content from a signal source;

detect evidence of an event at a location from the content;

determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal along at least one of;

a time dimension, a location dimension, or a context dimension into a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format;

request previously detected events at or near the location of the ingested raw signal from a geo cell database in response to determining that the signal characteristics are insufficient;

receive a previously detected event related to the detected evidence from the geo cell database; and

normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format including deriving at least one of;

the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension from a combination of the signal characteristics and characteristics of the previously detected event.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein instructions configured to determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal comprise instructions configured to determining that that the raw signal lacks sufficiently accurate location information.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein instructions configured to determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal comprise instructions configured to determine that the raw signal lacks sufficiently accurate context information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein instructions configured to request previously detected events comprise instructions configured to:

formulate a query that includes the detected evidence; and

send the query to the geo cell database.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein instructions configured to normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format comprise instructions configured to derive the location dimension of the raw signal from a combination of the signal characteristics and characteristics of the previously detected event.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions configured to detect an event of interest to one or more entities based on at least one of:

the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension of the normalized raw signal.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein instructions configured to normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format comprise instructions configured to apply a transdimensionality transform to data in the raw signal to re-encode the data into normalized data having lower dimensionality.

16. A system comprising:

a processor; and

system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

ingest a raw signal including a time stamp, an indication of a signal type, an indication of a signal source, and content from a signal source;

detect evidence of an event at a location from the content;

determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal along at least one of;

a time dimension, a location dimension, or a context dimension into a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format;

obtain supplemental information related to the detected evidence from an additional raw signal and a previously detected event;

enrich the raw signal with the supplemental information; and

normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format including deriving at least one of;

the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension from a combination of the signal characteristics and the supplemental information.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising instructions configured to:

detect an event of interest to one or more entities based on at least one of the time dimension, the location dimension, or the context dimension; and

notify the one or more entities about the event of interest.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein instructions configured to obtain supplemental information related to the detected evidence comprise instructions configured to:

query a geo cell database; and

receive an indication of one or geo cells containing the supplemental information from the geo cell database.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein instructions configured to determine that signal characteristics of the raw signal are insufficient to normalize the signal comprise instructions configured to determine that the raw signal lacks sufficiently accurate context information.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein instructions configured to normalize the raw signal into the Time, Location, Context (TLC) format comprise instructions configured to apply a transdimensionality transform to data in the raw signal to re-encode the data into normalized data having lower dimensionality.