System and method for location detection and management of uncertain information thereof
First Claim
1. A method for managing location information comprising:
- assigning a precision level to at least one location, the precision level comprising an expected accuracy level associated with a detector in said at least one location;
receiving location data from said detector, wherein said location data includes an actual accuracy level associated with said detector; and
setting location information associated with a detectable item within said at least one location to uncertain when said precision level for said at least one location is greater than said actual accuracy level associated with said detector.
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Abstract
The system provides approximations of a person'"'"'s location to interested parties wherein the approximations are based upon a detection device'"'"'s location and inherent inaccuracies related to that detection device. The system can evaluate location information from multiple detectors and approximate the location using and combining that information. The system can provide a confidence level for that determination. The system can also degrade confidence levels assigned to the location as a function of time. Each location can include a hierarchy of subtypes with each subtype including a precision level, the precision level associated with an accuracy level of a detector involved for placing a person within that particular location. When a detector receives location information, the system described herein can traverse through the locations and their associated precision levels to approximate the correct type of location within the hierarchy using the accuracy level of the detector.
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1. A method for managing location information comprising:
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assigning a precision level to at least one location, the precision level comprising an expected accuracy level associated with a detector in said at least one location; receiving location data from said detector, wherein said location data includes an actual accuracy level associated with said detector; and setting location information associated with a detectable item within said at least one location to uncertain when said precision level for said at least one location is greater than said actual accuracy level associated with said detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A management and collaboration system comprising:
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a database for storing a location type, wherein said location type includes a hierarchy of subtypes based on precision levels of said subtypes, said subtypes having confidence determinations and the precision levels comprising an expected accuracy level associated with a detector within a location; at least one processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; receive, from said detector, location data of a detectable item within the range of said detector, said location data including an actual accuracy level of said detector; for said subtypes having higher precision levels than said actual accuracy level of said detector, set said confidence determinations for said subtypes to uncertainty and set said confidence determinations of said subtypes having lower precision levels than the actual accuracy level of said detector to certainty. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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