SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMMONLY USED COMMUNICATION TERMINALS AND FOR IDENTIFYING NOISY ENTITIES IN LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS
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1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining at least one first indication of a first communication terminal changing from being associated with a first group of cells of a cellular network to a second group of cells of the network;
computing a correlation between the at least one first indication and second indications of candidate communication terminals changing from being associated with the first group of cells of the cellular network to the second group of cells of the network; and
responsively to the correlation, identifying from among the candidate communication terminals at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the first communication terminal.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for determining mobile communication terminals (mobiles) that have a common user, or that have a group of users in common. The methods and systems examine change-of-association events of mobiles operating in a network, and correlate the events to determine common mobiles, i.e., mobiles that have the same or similar change-of-association events. The events described are generated by the mobiles themselves automatically, by virtue of the fact that the mobiles are operating in the network. There is thus no need for, and the embodiments described herein do not require, user intervention to generate the events.
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining at least one first indication of a first communication terminal changing from being associated with a first group of cells of a cellular network to a second group of cells of the network; computing a correlation between the at least one first indication and second indications of candidate communication terminals changing from being associated with the first group of cells of the cellular network to the second group of cells of the network; and responsively to the correlation, identifying from among the candidate communication terminals at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the first communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus, comprising:
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an interface which is configured to receive indications of communication terminals changing an association with groups of cells in a cellular network; and a processor which is configured to; obtain at least one first indication of a first communication terminal changing from being associated with a first group of cells of the cellular network to a second group of cells of the network, compute a correlation between the at least one first indication and second indications of candidate communication terminals changing from being associated with the first group of cells of the cellular network to the second group of cells of the network, and responsively to the correlation, identify from among the candidate communication terminals at least one second communication terminal that is associated with the first communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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