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Systems and methods for use in determining detailed locations for certain entities

  • US 10,346,445 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2015
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for use in defining a location of an entity through correlated signal strength and discrete event records, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computing device, at least one signal strength record for a communication device associated with a user, the at least one signal strength record including;

    an identifier unique to the communication device, a temporal indicator, and multiple signal strength values, each of the multiple signal strength values indicative of a signal strength of a wireless network of a different one of the multiple router devices, at the communication device and at a time and/or a date indicated by the temporal indicator;

    accessing, by the computing device, multiple discrete event records associated with one entity;

    correlating, by the computing device, one of the multiple discrete event records to the at least one signal strength record based on the temporal indicator included in the at least one signal strength record and a temporal indicator included in the one of the multiple discrete event records; and

    generating, by the computing device, a location range associated with the one entity, based on the signal strength values included in the at least one signal strength record, whereby a location of the one entity relative to the multiple router devices, distinct from one or more other entities, is indicated by the location range.

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