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Determination of a route of a mobile device in a mobile network

  • US 8,825,407 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2012
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for determining a traveled route of a mobile device in a mobile network, said method comprising:

  • analyzing, by a processor of a computer system, a network usage record that identifies a plurality of activities of the mobile device and associated activity information pertaining to each activity, wherein for each activity the associated activity information includes a start cell in which the activity was initiated, an end cell in which the activity was terminated, a start time at which the activity was initiated, and a time duration of the activity, and wherein the start time and duration for each activity defines a time interval that does not overlap the time interval defined for each other activity;

    said processor determining, from the activity information of the activities, a series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along a path of locations from an origin location of the path at an earliest activity of the plurality of activities to a destination location of the path at a latest activity of the plurality of activities;

    said processor accessing from storage a plurality of historical sets of routes of the mobile device, wherein each route is a set of locations from an origin location to a destination location of the route;

    said processor ascertaining from the set of routes at least one common route, wherein the locations in each common route include all of the locations on the path, wherein the origin location of each common route is the origin location of the path, and wherein the destination location of each common route is the destination location of the path; and

    said processor designating a common route of the at least one common route as the traveled route of the mobile device with respect to the series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along the path.

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