Anonymous device position measuring system and method
First Claim
1. A system for measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, whereinthe wireless arrangement is configured to receive one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits for each of the one or more user devices;
- the system is configured to apply a mapping function to map the one or more user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of said each of the one or more user identification codes by K bits; and
the system is further configured to modify the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by increasing an entropy of said each of the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by M bits to generate a post ID code for each of the one or more user devices, wherein the post ID code is used to represent each of the one or more user devices when providing the one or more spatial positions for each of the one or more user devices.
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Abstract
A system for measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, wherein the wireless arrangement is operable to receive one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits; the system is operable to apply a mapping function to map the one or more user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of the one or more user identification codes by K bits; and the system is operable to modify the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by increasing entropy of the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by M bits.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, wherein
the wireless arrangement is configured to receive one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits for each of the one or more user devices; -
the system is configured to apply a mapping function to map the one or more user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of said each of the one or more user identification codes by K bits; and the system is further configured to modify the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by increasing an entropy of said each of the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by M bits to generate a post ID code for each of the one or more user devices, wherein the post ID code is used to represent each of the one or more user devices when providing the one or more spatial positions for each of the one or more user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, wherein
the wireless arrangement is configured to receive one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits for each of the one or more user devices; -
the system is configured to modify the one or more user identification codes by increasing an entropy of the one or more user identification codes by M bits; and the system is configured to apply a mapping function to map the entropy-increased one or more user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of said each of the one or more user identification codes by K bits to generate a post ID code for each of the one or more user devices, wherein the post ID code is used to represent each of the one or more user devices when providing the one or more spatial positions for each of the one or more user devices.
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11. A method of measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region of a system, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, wherein the method includes:
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(a) receiving one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits for each of the one or more user devices; (b) applying a mapping function to map the one or more user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of said each of the one or more user identification codes by K bits; (c) modifying the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by increasing an entropy of said each of the one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by M bits to generate a post ID code for each of the one or more user devices; and (d) using the post ID code to represent each of the one or more user devices when providing the one or more spatial positions for each of the one or more user devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of measuring in an anonymous manner one or more spatial positions of one or more user devices within a region of a system, wherein the system includes a wireless arrangement for receiving signals from the one or more user devices for determining the one or more spatial positions of the one or more user devices, wherein the method includes:
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(a) using the wireless arrangement to receive one or more user identification codes from the one or more user devices, wherein the one or more user identification codes include N bits for each of the one or more user devices; (b) modifying, via the system, the one or more corresponding user identification codes by increasing an entropy of said each of the one or more corresponding user identification codes by M bits; (c) applying, via the system, a mapping function to map said each of the one or more entropy-increased user identification codes to form one or more corresponding secondary identification codes by decreasing an entropy of each of the one or more corresponding user identification codes by K bits to generate a post ID code for each of the one or more user devices; and (d) using the post ID code to represent each of the one or more user devices when providing the one or more spatial positions for each of the one or more user devices.
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