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Future Location Determination Using Social Networks

  • US 20090054043A1
  • Filed: 08/21/2007
  • Published: 02/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of predicting a future location of a first mobile node comprising:

  • determining a location of at least a second mobile node, wherein the second mobile node is associated with the first mobile node via a social network;

    generating a list comprising at least one candidate destination determined, at least in part, according to the location of the first mobile node and the location of the second mobile node;

    for each candidate destination on the list, calculating a probability that the first mobile node is in route to the candidate destination;

    selecting a candidate destination, according to the probabilities, from the list as a predicted future location of the first mobile node; and

    outputting the predicted future location of the first mobile node.

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