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Managing crowd sourced data acquisition

  • US 9,571,971 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2015
  • Issued: 02/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for providing improved coverage of data acquisition in a crowd sourced data acquisition environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

  • determining respective locations of multiple mobile devices within an area wherein data acquisition is desired;

    requesting transmission of desired data captured by sensors in the multiple mobile devices within the area;

    comparing multiple locations of mobile devices currently transmitting desired data to a desired coverage map of mobile device locations to produce a map showing missing coverage of desired data captured by sensors within the desired area;

    utilizing statistical analysis to determine a desired coverage needed for crowd sourcing the desired data to generate the desired coverage map;

    prioritizing acquisition of mobile devices in locations of missing coverage to capture the desired data within the desired area; and

    aggregating the transmitted desired data from the multiple locations of mobile devices and providing the aggregated data to an entity.

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