Location stamping and logging of electronic events and habitat generation

• US 8,521,413 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Koch, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Diacou, Ari M
• Application Number:
  US13/274,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032975A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 701/300, 701/454, 701/491
• US Class Current: 701/300
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the detection, location stamping, and logging of electronic events and subsequent generation of habitat information. According to implementations, electronic events are detected and location stamped. Associated descriptions and other data corresponding to the electronic events is retrieved and stored along with the geographic locations of the electronic events in an activity log. The information in the activity log is used to generate visual representations of one or more geographic areas in which electronic events that meet user-defined or default criteria occurred within a predetermined frequency.

Claims

1. A method for generating a user habitat, the method comprising:

retrieving, via a computer comprising a processor, a plurality of entries from within an activity log, each entry of the plurality of entries comprising a geographic location and an electronic event descriptor corresponding to an electronic event, the electronic event being associated with an electronic event category selected from a group of electronic event categories, the group of electronic event categories comprising a telephony event category;

positioning, on a map, via the computer, a location designator for each entry of at least a portion of the plurality of entries within the activity log, the location designator corresponding to the geographic location stored with each entry of at least the portion of the plurality of entries within the activity log; and

representing, via the computer, a plurality of the location designators as a habitat according to selected activity log entry criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether habitat criteria has been received;

if habitat criteria has not been received, retrieving default habitat criteria and retrieving the plurality of entries from within the activity log according to the default habitat criteria; and

if habitat criteria has been received, retrieving the plurality of entries from within the activity log according to the habitat criteria.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a messaging event category.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a digital media event category.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a short-range communications event category.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event included in each entry of the plurality of entries within the activity log comprises a date and a time that the electronic event occurred and a description of the electronic event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event included in each entry of the plurality of entries within the activity log comprises an indication as to whether an electronic device associated with a known party was within proximity to a user when the electronic event occurred.

8. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

retrieving a plurality of entries from within an activity log, each entry of the plurality of entries comprising a geographic location and an electronic event descriptor corresponding to an electronic event, the electronic event being associated with an electronic event category selected from a group of electronic event categories, the group of electronic event categories comprising a telephony event category;

positioning, on a map, a location designator for each entry of at least a portion of the plurality of entries within the activity log, the location designator corresponding to the geographic location stored with each entry of at least the portion of the plurality of entries within the activity log; and

representing a plurality of the location designators as a habitat according to selected activity log entry criteria.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform further operations comprising:

determining whether habitat criteria has been received;

if habitat criteria has not been received, retrieving default habitat criteria and retrieving the plurality of entries from within the activity log according to the default habitat criteria; and

if habitat criteria has been received, retrieving the plurality of entries from within the activity log according to the habitat criteria.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a messaging event category.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a digital media event category.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a short-range communications event category.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event included in each entry of the plurality of entries within the activity log comprises a date and a time that the electronic event occurred and a description of the electronic event.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event included in each entry of the plurality of entries within the activity log comprises an indication as to whether an electronic device associated with a known party was within proximity to a user when the electronic event occurred.

15. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

recording a plurality of instances of electronic events associated with a mobile computing device, the electronic events each being associated with an electronic event category selected from a group of electronic event categories, the group of electronic event categories comprising a telephony event category;

recording a geographic location associated with each instance of the plurality of instances;

correlating the geographic location associated with each instance of the plurality of instances with the electronic events on a map to create a habitat; and

displaying the habitat on the map.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the computer at least processor to perform further operations comprising:

retrieving electronic event information associated with each instance of the plurality of instances of each electronic event of the electronic events; and

recording the electronic event information with the geographic location associated with each instance of the plurality of instances in an activity log.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein correlating the geographic location associated with each instance of the plurality of instances with the electronic events on the map to create the habitat comprises:

receiving habitat generating criteria defining parameters for generating the habitat according to the electronic event information and the geographic location associated with each instance of the plurality of instances in the activity log;

selecting at least a portion of the electronic events and corresponding geographic locations associated with each instance of the portion of the selected electronic events according to the habitat generating criteria; and

designating an area on the map encompassing the corresponding geographic locations associated with the portion of the electronic events as the habitat.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a messaging event category.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a digital media event category.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the group of electronic event categories further comprises a short-range communications event category.