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System, method, and computer program for determining a subjective distance between two locations

  • US 9,098,386 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/2012
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer code for:

  • identifying by a system including a hardware processor a first location and a second location associated with a query; and

    identifying and storing by the system records of past physical movement for a plurality of different devices of a plurality of different users, where each record includes a plurality of attributes including;

    a time of the past physical movement,an indication of whether the past physical movement associated with the record occurred during a holiday,an indication of whether the past physical movement associated with the record occurred during daytime or nighttime, andan indication of a plurality of weather conditions during the past physical movement associated with the record;

    determining by the system a plurality of factors associated with the query, the plurality of factors including a current time, an indication whether the current day is a holiday, an indication whether it is currently daytime or nighttime, and a current plurality of weather conditions;

    comparing by the system the attributes of each of the records of past physical movement to the plurality of factors associated with the query;

    selecting by the system only the records of past physical movement having attributes matching the plurality of factors associated with the query;

    identifying by the system a time associated with each of a plurality of instances of movement between the first location and the second location within the selected records; and

    determining by the system a subjective distance between the first location and the second location as an average of the identified plurality of times.

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