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Handling crowd requests for large geographic areas

  • US 8,321,509 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2009
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining current locations of a plurality of users of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the plurality of users being a user of a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices;

    receiving a request from a requesting device;

    establishing a bounding region for the request;

    identifying one or more starting spots within the bounding region for the request; and

    iteratively identifying crowds each including three or more of the plurality of users, generating crowd data for the crowds, determining a needed number of follow-up requests based on at least one of a number of starting spots and a size of the bounding region, and returning the crowd data for the crowds and the needed number of follow-up requests to the requesting device for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting spots.

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