PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a server and from a plurality of user devices, signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by the user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some of the user devices;
determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is moving;
determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information received from the plurality of user devices satisfies one or more selection criteria, the one or more selection criteria including;
that a number of user devices observing the first wireless signal source satisfies a threshold number, andthat a motion path reconstructed from locations and times in the signal source information matches a pre-stored path of the public transit route; and
in response to the determining, storing, in a storage device coupled to the server, an identifier of the first wireless signal source, and information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a server and from a plurality of user devices, signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by the user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some of the user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is moving; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information received from the plurality of user devices satisfies one or more selection criteria, the one or more selection criteria including; that a number of user devices observing the first wireless signal source satisfies a threshold number, and that a motion path reconstructed from locations and times in the signal source information matches a pre-stored path of the public transit route; and in response to the determining, storing, in a storage device coupled to the server, an identifier of the first wireless signal source, and information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at a server and from a plurality of user devices, signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by the user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some of the user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is moving; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information received from the plurality of user devices satisfies one or more selection criteria, the one or more selection criteria including; that a number of user devices observing the first wireless signal source satisfies a threshold number, and that a motion path reconstructed from locations and times in the signal source information matches a pre-stored path of the public transit route; and in response to the determining, storing, in a storage device coupled to the server, an identifier of the first wireless signal source, and information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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one or more first processors; and a first storage device storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the one or more first processors to perform operations comprising; receiving, at a server and from a plurality of user devices, signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by the user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some of the user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is moving; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information received from the plurality of user devices satisfies one or more selection criteria, the one or more selection criteria including; that a number of user devices observing the first wireless signal source satisfies a threshold number, and that a motion path reconstructed from locations and times in the signal source information matches a pre-stored path of the public transit route; and in response to the determining, storing, in a storage device coupled to the server, an identifier of the first wireless signal source, and information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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