Apparatus and Method for Determining the Quality or Accuracy of Reported Locations
First Claim
1. A method of ascertaining the accuracy of geolocations in a collection of location histories, the method comprising:
- obtaining a collection of location histories describing user geolocations over a duration of time exceeding 24 hours,each location history including;
a location-history identifier distinguishing the respective location history from other location histories among the collection of location histories, andtime-stamped geolocation coordinates specifying geographic locations associated with a respective mobile computing device among a plurality of mobile computing devices each corresponding to at least one of the location histories,the collection of location histories describing geolocations of the plurality of mobile computing devices over time;
analyzing, with one or more processors, the collection of location histories by, at least in part, calculating one or more quality attributes of the collection of location histories indicative of differences between the collection of location histories and other collections of location histories known to be of adequate quality;
calculating one or more quality scores based on the one or more quality attributes; and
storing the one or more quality scores in memory.
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Abstract
Provided is a process of ascertaining the accuracy of geolocations in a collection of location histories, the process including: obtaining a collection of location histories describing user geolocations, each location history including: a location-history identifier distinguishing the respective location history from other location histories among the collection of location histories, and time-stamped geolocation coordinates specifying geographic locations associated with a respective mobile computing device, the collection of location histories describing geolocations of a plurality of mobile computing; analyzing the collection of location histories by, at least in part, calculating one or more quality attributes of the collection of location histories indicative of differences between the collection of location histories and other collections of location histories known to be of adequate quality; calculating one or more quality scores based on the one or more quality attributes; and storing the one or more quality scores in memory.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of ascertaining the accuracy of geolocations in a collection of location histories, the method comprising:
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obtaining a collection of location histories describing user geolocations over a duration of time exceeding 24 hours, each location history including; a location-history identifier distinguishing the respective location history from other location histories among the collection of location histories, and time-stamped geolocation coordinates specifying geographic locations associated with a respective mobile computing device among a plurality of mobile computing devices each corresponding to at least one of the location histories, the collection of location histories describing geolocations of the plurality of mobile computing devices over time; analyzing, with one or more processors, the collection of location histories by, at least in part, calculating one or more quality attributes of the collection of location histories indicative of differences between the collection of location histories and other collections of location histories known to be of adequate quality; calculating one or more quality scores based on the one or more quality attributes; and storing the one or more quality scores in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that when executed by at least some of the one or more processors effectuate operations comprising; obtaining a collection of location histories describing user geolocations over a duration of time exceeding 24 hours, each location history including; a location-history identifier distinguishing the respective location history from other location histories among the collection of location histories, and time-stamped geolocation coordinates specifying geographic locations associated with a respective mobile computing device among a plurality of mobile computing devices each corresponding to at least one of the location histories, the collection of location histories describing geolocations of the plurality of mobile computing devices over time; analyzing the collection of location histories by, at least in part, calculating one or more quality attributes of the collection of location histories indicative of differences between the collection of location histories and other collections of location histories known to be of adequate quality; calculating one or more quality scores based on the one or more quality attributes; and storing the one or more quality scores in the memory.
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