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ACCUMULATION OF REAL-TIME CROWD SOURCED DATA FOR INFERRING METADATA ABOUT ENTITIES

  • US 20140201276A1
  • Filed: 01/17/2013
  • Published: 07/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method executed on a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

  • receiving an indication that a user of the mobile computing device desires to publish, by way of a social networking application, that the user is at a particular entity;

    responsive to receiving the indication, activating at least one sensor in the mobile computing device;

    subsequent to the activating of the at least one sensor in the mobile computing device, transmitting data to another computing device by way of a wireless network, wherein the data is based upon data captured by the at least one sensor;

    detecting that a predefined event has occurred subsequent to the at least one sensor in the mobile computing device being activated; and

    deactivating the at least one sensor responsive to the detecting the predefined event.

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