Apparatus and method of determining a life change of a user of a mobile device based on behavioral abnormality

• US 9,392,412 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Life360 Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Life360 Incorporated
• Inventors: Haro, Alexander, Hulls, Christopher, Borsuk, Michael, Hood, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US14/193,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20150249905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Method of determining user'"'"'s life change based on behavioral abnormality starts with processor receiving first location data and first proximity information from first mobile device. First proximity information includes identification of mobile devices within proximity sensitivity radius of first mobile device. Processor determines whether first location data and first proximity information are included in historical location data and historical proximity information, respectively, associated with first mobile device. When first location data and first proximity information is not included, processor determines whether subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from first mobile device over predetermined time period is included. Processor signals to monitor life change of user of first mobile device when subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from first mobile device over predetermined time period is not included in historical location data and historical proximity information, respectively, associated with first mobile device. Other embodiments are described.

Claims

1. A method of determining a life change of a user of a first mobile device based on behavioral abnormality, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a first location data and a first proximity information from the first mobile device, wherein the first proximity information includes an identification of mobile devices that are within a proximity sensitivity radius of the first mobile device;

displaying, by a display device, the first mobile device'"'"'s location based on the first location data;

determining, by the processor, whether the first location data and the first proximity information are included in a historical location data and a historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device, wherein the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device is included in a historical database;

when the first location data and the first proximity information are not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

monitoring by the processor the life change of the user of the first mobile device including;

determining, by the processor, whether subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over a predetermined period of time are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device;

when the subsequent location data and the subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time are not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

determining, by the processor, that the first location data and the first proximity information received from the first mobile device relate to the life change, wherein the life change of the user includes long-term change in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device, and

updating, by the processor, the historical database by storing the first location data and the first proximity information in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

signaling, by the processor, to discontinue monitoring the life change of the user of the first mobile device when subsequent location data and the subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location information includes a location of the first mobile device obtained using at least one of:

GPS, and triangulation using cell towers and WiFi connections.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by a processor, location data and proximity information from each of a plurality of mobile devices, respectively, wherein the plurality of mobile devices includes the first mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing, by the processor, the location data and proximity information from each of the plurality of mobile devices in the historical database in association with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, when subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device, the method further comprising:

determining, by the processor, whether the location data and proximity information from each of the plurality of mobile devices are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first proximity information includes the identification of mobile devices including at least one of (i) a mobile device included in an explicit group that includes the first mobile device, (ii) a mobile device included an implicit group that includes the first mobile device, and (iii) a mobile device that is not a member of the explicit group or the implicit group.

8. An apparatus for determining a life change of a user of a first mobile device based on behavioral abnormality, the apparatus comprising:

a historical database to store historical location data and historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device;

a processor coupled to the historical database, the processor

to receive a first location data and a first proximity information from the first mobile device, wherein the first proximity information includes an identification of mobile devices that are within a proximity sensitivity radius of the first mobile device,

to determine whether the first location data and the first proximity information are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

when the first location data and the first proximity information are not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

to monitor the life change of the user of the first mobile device including;

to determine whether subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over a predetermined period of time is included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

when the subsequent location data and the subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

to determine that the first location data and the first proximity information received from the first mobile relate to the life change, wherein the life change of the user includes long-term change in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device; and

to update the historical database by storing the first location data and the first proximity information in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device; and

a display device coupled to the processor to display the first mobile device'"'"'s location based on the first location data.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor further

to signal to discontinue monitoring the life change of the user of the first mobile device when the subsequent location data and the subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first location information includes a location of the first mobile device obtained using at least one of:

GPS, and triangulation using cell towers and WiFi connections.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor further

to receive location data and proximity information from each of a plurality of mobile devices, respectively, wherein the plurality of mobile devices includes the first mobile device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor further

to store the location data and proximity information from each of the plurality of mobile devices in the historical database in association with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, when subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device, the processor further

to determine whether the location data and proximity information from each of the plurality of mobile devices are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first proximity information includes the identification of mobile devices including at least one of (i) a mobile device included in an explicit group that includes the first mobile device, (ii) a mobile device included an implicit group that includes the first mobile device, and (iii) a mobile device that is not a member of the explicit group or the implicit group.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method of determining a life change of a user of a first mobile device based on behavioral abnormality, the method comprising:

receiving a first location data and a first proximity information from the first mobile device, wherein the first proximity information includes an identification of mobile devices that are within a proximity sensitivity radius of the first mobile device;

displaying, by a display device, the first mobile device'"'"'s location based on the first location data;

determining whether the first location data and the first proximity information are included in a historical location data and a historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device, wherein the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device are included in a historical database;

when the first location data and the first proximity information are not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

monitoring by the processor the life change of the user of the first mobile device including;

determining whether subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over a predetermined period of time is included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device;

when the subsequent location data and the subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device,

determining that the first location data and the first proximity information received from the first mobile device relate to the life change, wherein the life change of the user includes long-term change in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device, and

updating the historical database by storing the first location data and the first proximity information in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with the first mobile device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method further comprising:

signaling to discontinue monitoring the life change of the user of the first mobile device when subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first location information includes a location of the first mobile device obtained using at least one of:

GPS, and triangulation using cell towers and WiFi connections.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method further comprising:

storing location data and proximity information received from each of the plurality of mobile devices in the historical database in association with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein, when subsequent proximity information received from the first mobile device over the predetermined period of time is not included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information, respectively, associated with the first mobile device, the method further comprising:

determining, by the processor, whether the location data and proximity information from each of the plurality of mobile devices are included in the historical location data and the historical proximity information associated with each of the plurality of mobile devices, respectively.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first proximity information includes the identification of mobile devices including at least one of (i) a mobile device included in an explicit group that includes the first mobile device, (ii) a mobile device included an implicit group that includes the first mobile device, and (iii) a mobile device that is not a member of the explicit group or the implicit group.