SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING COMMUNICATION TERMINALS TO USERS BASED ON SPATIAL CORRELATION
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining first location indications of a first communication terminal that is associated with a given user;
using the first location indications, determining one or more candidate communication terminals that are suspected of being associated with the given user;
computing a correlation between the first location indications and second location indications of the identified candidate communication terminals; and
responsively to the correlation, identifying from among the candidate communication terminals at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the given user.
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Abstract
Methods for associating multiple communication terminals with a given user, based on the geographical locations of the terminals. A target user may be known to own or operate a certain communication terminal (e.g., cellular phone). To identify additional terminals associated with this user, historical location indications are obtained for the known terminal. Each location indication indicates the geographical location of the terminal at a given time. The location indications of the known terminal are correlated with location indications of other terminals. When significant spatial correlation is found between the known terminal and another terminal, the other terminal is assumed likely to be associated with the same target user.
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining first location indications of a first communication terminal that is associated with a given user; using the first location indications, determining one or more candidate communication terminals that are suspected of being associated with the given user; computing a correlation between the first location indications and second location indications of the identified candidate communication terminals; and responsively to the correlation, identifying from among the candidate communication terminals at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the given user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus, comprising:
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an interface, which is coupled to accept location indications of communication terminals; and a processor, which is configured to determine, using first location indications of a first communication terminal that is associated with a given user, one or more candidate communication terminals that are suspected of being associated with the given user, to compute a correlation between the first location indications and second location indications of the identified candidate communication terminals, and to identify from among the candidate communication terminals, responsively to the correlation, at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the given user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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