SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOTE-BASED, INTEREST SPECIFIC COLLABORATION REGARDING LOCATION OF OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method for collaborating among members of a predetermined interest group about the location of objects of interest associated with the predetermined interest group, the method comprising:
- receiving a user indication of the presence of an object of interest from at least one of the members of the predetermined interest group;
receiving location data of the object of interest; and
generating a confidence level indicator based on one or more user indications, the confidence level indicator representing a likelihood of the actual location of the object of interest, wherein the user indication comprising a false input indication reduces the confidence level indicator, wherein the confidence level indicator is increased as the location data indicates that the user indication was sent from a location that was within a fixed diameter of a previously received location for the object of interest.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods of generating location information for an object of interest are disclosed. The location information is based on dynamic input from one or more members of an interest group associated with the object. The input from the one or more members can be provided by users of a collaboration device. The collaboration device includes a GPS receiver, and a target input mechanism in communication with the GPS receiver. The target input mechanism is configured to receive a user indication of the presence of an object of interest to generate location data from the GPS receiver for the object of interest. The collaboration device further includes a radio configured for transmitting the location data to at least one other member of the interest group.
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1. A method for collaborating among members of a predetermined interest group about the location of objects of interest associated with the predetermined interest group, the method comprising:
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receiving a user indication of the presence of an object of interest from at least one of the members of the predetermined interest group; receiving location data of the object of interest; and generating a confidence level indicator based on one or more user indications, the confidence level indicator representing a likelihood of the actual location of the object of interest, wherein the user indication comprising a false input indication reduces the confidence level indicator, wherein the confidence level indicator is increased as the location data indicates that the user indication was sent from a location that was within a fixed diameter of a previously received location for the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile device comprising:
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a target input mechanism to receive a user indication of the presence of an object of interest; a positioning system to provide location data indicating a location of the mobile device when the target input mechanism receives the user indication of the presence of the object of interest; and a radio transmitting target object information comprising the user indication of the presence of the object of interest and the location data; wherein a confidence level of the target object information for the presence of the object of interest is adjusted upon receipt of the user indication of the presence of the object of interest wherein the confidence level is increased as the location data indicates that the user indication was sent from a location that was within a fixed diameter of a previously received location for the object of interest, wherein the confidence level is decreased upon receipt of the user indication of an absence of the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A collaboration server that receives data from interest group members, the server comprising:
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memory for storing program instructions; and a processor for executing the stored program instructions; wherein the processor executes the stored program instructions wherein a user indication of the presence of an object of interest is received from a first interest group member and a location of the first interest group member at the time of receiving the user indication is determined as a first location of the object of interest, and a confidence level representing a likelihood of the actual location of the object of interest is increased upon receipt of an indication of the presence of the object of interest from a second interest group member of the predetermined interest group at a location determined as a second location of the object of interest that is within a fixed diameter of the first location, wherein the confidence level is decreased in response to a received user indication comprising a false input indication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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