SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF A DOMAIN OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS
First Claim
1. A method of managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals, said method comprising:
- tracking each of a plurality of individuals in real time with respect to location within a domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of said individuals;
identifying traffic patterns created by said plurality of tracked individuals within said domain in response to said acquired location information;
correlating each of said identified traffic patterns to at least one time-of-day; and
adapting at least one managed characteristic of said domain in response to at least one of said correlated traffic patterns.
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Abstract
A system and method for managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals. Each of a plurality of individuals is tracked in real time with respect to location within the domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of the individuals. The acquired location information and resultant tracking information may be used to identify traffic patterns of the individuals within the domain and/or to identify clusters of individuals within the domain. The identified traffic patterns and/or clusters may be used to adapt at least one managed characteristic of the domain. Furthermore, the resultant tracking information may be used to estimate waiting times for events within the domain and/or provide signals or messages to individuals within the domain.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals, said method comprising:
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tracking each of a plurality of individuals in real time with respect to location within a domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of said individuals; identifying traffic patterns created by said plurality of tracked individuals within said domain in response to said acquired location information; correlating each of said identified traffic patterns to at least one time-of-day; and adapting at least one managed characteristic of said domain in response to at least one of said correlated traffic patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals, said method comprising:
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tracking each of a plurality of individuals in real time with respect to location within a domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of said individuals; correlating each of said tracked individuals to corresponding age information of each of said tracked individuals in response to said acquired location information; identifying at least one cluster of a subset of said tracked individuals within said domain according to at least one age group in response to said location information and said correlated age information; and adapting at least one managed characteristic of said domain in response to said at least one identified cluster. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals, said method comprising:
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tracking each of a plurality of individuals in real time with respect to location within a domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of said individuals; correlating at least one subset of said plurality of tracked individuals to an event location within said domain and to at least one time-of-day in response to said acquired location information in order to identify at least one cluster of said individuals; and estimating at least one waiting time for said event location in response to said identified cluster. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals, said method comprising:
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tracking at least two individuals in real time with respect to location within a domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of said individuals; determining when said at least two individuals are at least a pre-defined distance from each other in response to said acquired location information; and generating a signal or message in response to said determining. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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