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Analytic and tracking systems and methods using over-the-air identifiers of mobile devices

  • US 8,892,132 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2012
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tracking method, comprising:

  • operating a plurality of sensors across a geographic region;

    capturing, by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, over-the-air identifiers of proximate mobile devices to the one or more sensors;

    correlating the captured over-the-air identifiers to detect a trigger indicative of a situation of interest;

    in response to the detecting the trigger, maintaining a watch list of the captured over-the-air identifiers based on the trigger;

    associating an over-the-air identifier of the captured over-the-air identifiers to an individual;

    associating the over-the-air identifier to an image of a person associated with a device having the over-the-air identifier; and

    utilizing facial recognition from a database to identify the person.

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