SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FUTURE LOCATIONS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES USING CONNECTION-RELATED DATA OF A MOBILE ACCESS NETWORK

• US 20120028650A1
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Cooper, William T., Thangamuthu, Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,018 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0294 Trajectory determination or predictive filtering, e.g. target tracking or Kalman filtering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

A system and method for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices utilizes connection-related data from a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices, which are used to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices. In addition to the determined locations of the mobile communication devices, carrier-provided location predictive indicators and/or non-carrier location predictive indicators may be used to improve the accuracy of the predicted future locations.

Claims

1. A system for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices, the system comprising:

a data extracting module operably connected to a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices, the data extracting module configured to extract connection-related data that includes cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices from the mobile access network;

a location module operably connected to the data extracting module, the location module configured to process the connection-related data to retrieve the cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices with respect to cell areas supported by the mobile access network; and

a predictive analytics module operably connected to the location module, the predictive analytics module configured to perform predictive analytics using at least the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict future locations of the mobile communication devices,

wherein operations of the data extracting module, the location module and the predictive analytics module are executed using one or more processors.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the connection-related data includes billing records, wherein the data extracting module is configured to extract the billing records from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the location module is configured to process the billing records to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted billing records.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the billing records are call detail records, wherein the data extracting module is configured to extract the call detail records from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the location module is configured to process the call detail records to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted call detail records.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the connection-related data includes authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) information, wherein the data extracting module is configured to extract the AAA information from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the location module is configured to process the AAA information to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted AAA information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the connection-related data includes mobility messages, wherein the data extracting module is configured to extract the mobility messages from the mobile access network, and wherein the location module is configured to process the mobility messages to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted mobility messages.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data extracting module is connected to one or more network probes on at least one signal path of the mobile access network to receive the connection-related data from the one or more network probes.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analytics module is configured to factor in carrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the predictive analytics module is configured to factor in noncarrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices and the carrier-provided location predictive indicators to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analytics module is configured to factor in noncarrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices.

10. A method for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices, the method comprising:

extracting connection-related data that includes cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices from a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices;

processing the connection-related data to retrieve the cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices with respect to cell areas supported by the mobile access network; and

performing predictive analytics using at least the determined latest locations of the mobile communication device to predict future locations of the mobile communication devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the connection-related data includes billing records, wherein the extracting includes extracting the billing records from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the processing includes processing the billing records to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted billing records.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the billing records are call detail records, wherein the extracting includes extracting the call detail records from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the processing includes processing the call detail records to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted call detail records.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the connection-related data includes AAA information, wherein the extracting includes extracting the AAA information from one or more components of the mobile access network, and wherein the processing includes processing the AAA information to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted AAA information.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the connection-related data includes mobility messages, wherein the extracting includes extracting the mobility messages from the mobile access network, and wherein the processing includes processing the mobility messages to retrieve the cell identifiers from the extracted mobility messages.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the extracting includes receiving the connection-related data from one or more network probes on at least one signal path of the mobile access network.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the performing the predictive analytics includes factoring in carrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the performing the predictive analytics includes factoring in noncarrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices and the carrier-provided location predictive indicators.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the performing the predictive analytics includes factoring in noncarrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices.

19. A method for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices, the method comprising:

extracting connection-related data that includes cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices from a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices;

processing the connection-related data to retrieve the cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices with respect to cell areas supported by the mobile access network; and

performing predictive analytics using at least the determined latest locations of the mobile communication device and location predictive indicators from the mobile access network to predict future locations of the mobile communication devices.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the connection-related data includes AAA information or mobility messages.