METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING JOURNEY ATTRIBUTES
First Claim
1. A processing device implemented method of estimating one or more attributes of a virtual journey along a route between a start location and a destination location, comprising:
- selecting a plurality of mobile device journey data according to one or more criteria associated with end points of the mobile device journey data, each said mobile device journey data being indicative of the location of the mobile device at a plurality of times along a route, wherein at least a portion of the route corresponds to a portion of the route between the start location and the destination location of the virtual journey;
determining virtual journey data based upon the selected plurality of mobile device journey data; and
determining one or more attributes of the virtual journey data.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a processing device implemented method of estimating journey attributes, comprising selecting a plurality of mobile device journey data according to on one or more criteria associated with end points of the mobile device journey data; determining virtual journey data based upon the plurality of mobile device journey data; determining one or more attributes of the virtual journey data. In some embodiments, the one or more criteria include a distal and/or temporal separation between the journey data.
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14 Claims
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1. A processing device implemented method of estimating one or more attributes of a virtual journey along a route between a start location and a destination location, comprising:
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selecting a plurality of mobile device journey data according to one or more criteria associated with end points of the mobile device journey data, each said mobile device journey data being indicative of the location of the mobile device at a plurality of times along a route, wherein at least a portion of the route corresponds to a portion of the route between the start location and the destination location of the virtual journey; determining virtual journey data based upon the selected plurality of mobile device journey data; and determining one or more attributes of the virtual journey data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A computing device for estimating one or more attributes of a virtual journey along a route between a start location and a destination location, comprising:
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a processing device arranged to; select a plurality of mobile device journey data according to one or more criteria associated with end points of the mobile device journey data, each said mobile device journey data being indicative of the location of the mobile device at a plurality of times along a route, wherein at least a portion of the route corresponds to a portion of the route between the start location and the destination location of the virtual journey; determine virtual journey data based upon the selected plurality of mobile device journey data; and determine one or more attributes of the virtual journey data; and a data store accessible to the processing device comprising the mobile device journey data.
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