System and method for indicating a state of a geographic area based on mobile device sensor measurements
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1. A method for providing an indication of one or more states of a geographic area, the method comprising:
- providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling collection of measurements from sensors on the plurality of mobile devices;
acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements comprising sound measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations;
acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements;
determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the audio data and the location data, the plurality of states comprising a plurality of densities of people of the geographic area; and
providing via the application an indication of the plurality of states of the geographic area to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices, the indication comprising a mapping of the plurality of densities of people in the geographic area.
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Abstract
A method and corresponding system for providing an indication of one or more states of a geographic area. The method includes acquiring sensor data including sensor measurements taken by a plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations and acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements. At least one processor determines one or more states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the sensor data, and an indication is provided of the one or more states of the geographic area to a particular user.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for providing an indication of one or more states of a geographic area, the method comprising:
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providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling collection of measurements from sensors on the plurality of mobile devices; acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements comprising sound measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations; acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the audio data and the location data, the plurality of states comprising a plurality of densities of people of the geographic area; and providing via the application an indication of the plurality of states of the geographic area to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices, the indication comprising a mapping of the plurality of densities of people in the geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computing system comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the system, cause the system to perform a process including:
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providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling collection of measurements from sensors on the plurality of mobile devices; acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements comprising sound measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations; acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the audio data and the location data, the plurality of states comprising a plurality of densities of people of the geographic area; and providing via the application an indication of the plurality of states of the geographic area to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices, the indication comprising a mapping of the plurality of densities of people in the geographic area.
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39. A computer network comprising a computing system and a plurality of mobile devices, the computing system configured for:
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acquiring sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations; acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the audio data and the location data, the plurality of states comprising a plurality of densities of people of the geographic area; and providing an indication of the plurality of states of the geographic area to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices, the indication comprising a mapping of the plurality of densities of people in the geographic area; and the plurality of mobile devices comprising an application configured for; taking sensor measurements via device sensors on mobile devices; acquiring location data corresponding to the sensor measurements via location determining hardware on the plurality of mobile devices; and transmitting the sensor data and location data to the computing system via a network.
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40. A method for providing an indication of a plurality of states of a geographic area, the method comprising:
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providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling collection of measurements from sensors on the plurality of mobile devices; acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations; acquiring via the application location data from the plurality of mobile devices corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based at least on the audio data and the location data; assigning implicit categories to the plurality of states, wherein like sensor measurements correspond to like implicit categories; providing via the application an indication of the implicit categories to a plurality of users of the plurality of mobile devices; receiving descriptions corresponding to the implicit categories from the plurality of users; and providing via the application to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices an indication of the implicit categories and the corresponding descriptions from the plurality of users.
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41. A method for reporting patron satisfaction at a particular venue comprising:
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providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling monitoring of sensors on the plurality of mobile devices; acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data and acceleration data based on sensor measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations at a particular venue; acquiring via the application location data from the plurality of mobile devices corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining sitting and standing of users of the plurality of mobile devices at the particular venue based on at least one of the audio data and acceleration data; determining a sound level at the particular venue based at least on the audio data; determining a level of crowd excitement at the particular venue over a particular time period based at least on the determination of sitting and standing of the users of the plurality of mobile devices and the sound level; and providing via the application an indication of the level of crowd excitement over the particular time period.
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