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System and method for aggregating multi-source data and identifying geographic areas for data acquisition

  • US 10,346,446 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2016
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of identifying areas for satellite imagery acquisition comprising:

  • detecting a persistent first time change (FTC) at a geographic location by comparing two or more satellite images of the geographic location at two or more points in time;

    defining a geographic boundary of the FTC;

    marking as an “

    FTC event”

    if the geographically bounded FTC exceeds an area threshold;

    collecting asynchronous data from a plurality of data sources, each data source comprising a plurality of geotagged and timestamped asynchronous data packets (ADPs), wherein the ADPs comprise social media postings, weather conditions at a weather location, newswire stories, and Open Street Maps (OSM) maps;

    qualifying an ADP by assessing that ADP for reliability and authenticity;

    designating one or more qualified ADPs as an “

    asynchronous data event;



    correlating the FTC event and the qualified asynchronous data event;

    predicting a geographic progression of the correlated events; and

    identifying a target geographic location for future satellite imagery acquisition based on the predicted geographic progression.

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