Method, apparatus and computer program product for developing, aggregating, and utilizing user pattern profiles

• US 9,679,301 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Core Wiresless Licensing SARL (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Inventors: Canfeng, Chen, Ning, Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US15/009,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 706 12, 706 45
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/047 Pattern matching networks; Rete networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating and utilizing a user pattern profile. In this regard, the user pattern profile can include information regarding service selections made on a user node and movements of a user. The generated user pattern profile can compared to a threshold profile, and based on the results of the comparison, an action can be undertaken.

Claims

1. A real time service method in a network comprising:

receiving, at a service node, a plurality of service selections of a plurality of user nodes, each service selection associated with a location;

receiving, at the service node, location information of the user nodes;

updating, at the service node, user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes based on the service selections and the location information for the user nodes;

aggregating the updated user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes to determine at least one current aggregated value of;

a number of user nodes associated with a particular service selection, a number of user nodes associated with a particular location, and a number of user nodes moving towards a particular location;

obtaining, at the service node, a threshold profile, the threshold profile comprising a threshold value for at least one of;

the number of user nodes associated with the particular service selection, the number of user nodes at the particular location and the number of user nodes moving towards the particular location;

comparing, at the service node, each of the at least one current aggregated value with the corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile; and

performing, at the service node, an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one threshold value of the threshold profile.

2. A real time service method of claim 1, wherein each user pattern profile comprises at least one of a service selection pattern on a corresponding user node and a movement pattern of the corresponding user node.

3. A real time service method of claim 2, wherein the movement pattern is generated based on historical location information of the corresponding user node, the movement pattern representing the latest location of the corresponding user node and at least one of:

a movement direction of the corresponding user node, a length of time that the corresponding user node spent in the particular location and a number of times that the corresponding user node visited the particular location.

4. A real time service method of claim 1, wherein performing an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile comprises sending a message to a trader node associated with a particular location and a particular service when a current aggregated value exceeds a corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile.

5. A service node apparatus comprising:

a communication interface configured to send data to at least one external device and receive data from at least one external device;

a memory configured to store a plurality of user pattern profiles, an aggregated user pattern profile, and at least one threshold profile; and

a processor configured to;

receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of service selections of a plurality of user nodes, each service selection associated with a location;

receive, via the communication interface, location information of the user nodes;

update the stored user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes based on the service selections and the location information of the user nodes;

aggregate the updated user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes to determine at least one current aggregated value of;

a number of user nodes associated with a particular service selection, a number of user nodes associated with a particular location, and a number of user nodes moving towards a particular location

obtain, via the communication interface, a threshold profile, the threshold profile comprising a threshold value for at least one of;

the number of user nodes associated with the particular service selection, the number of user nodes at the particular location and the number of user nodes moving towards the particular location;

compare each of the at least one current aggregated value with the corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile; and

perform an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one threshold value of the threshold profile.

6. A service node apparatus of claim 5, wherein each user pattern profile comprises at least one of a service selection pattern on a corresponding user node and a movement pattern of the corresponding user node.

7. A service node apparatus of claim 6, wherein the movement pattern is generated based on historical location information of the corresponding user node, the movement pattern representing the latest location of the corresponding user node and at least one of:

a movement direction of the corresponding user node, a length of time that the corresponding user node spent in the particular location and a number of times that the corresponding user node visited the particular location.

8. A service node apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to, when performing an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile, send via the communication interface a message to a trader node associated with a particular location and a particular service when a current aggregated value exceeds a corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a service node to:

receive a plurality of service selections of a plurality of user nodes, each service selection associated with a location;

receive location information of the user nodes;

update user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes based on the service selections and the location information of the user nodes;

aggregate the updated user pattern profiles associated with the user nodes to determine at least one current aggregated value of;

a number of user nodes associated with a particular service selection, a number of user nodes associated with a particular location, and a number of user nodes moving towards a particular location;

obtain a threshold profile, the threshold profile comprising a threshold value for at least one of;

the number of user nodes associated with the particular service selection, the number of user nodes at the particular location and the number of user nodes moving towards the particular location;

compare each of the at least one current aggregated value with the corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile; and

perform an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one threshold value of the threshold profile.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein each user pattern profile comprises at least one of a service selection pattern on a corresponding user node and a movement pattern of the corresponding user node.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the movement pattern is generated based on historical location information of the corresponding user node, the movement pattern representing the latest location of the corresponding user node and at least one of:

a movement direction of the corresponding user node, a length of time that the corresponding user node spent in the particular location and a number of times that the corresponding user node visited the particular location.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise instructions that cause the service node to, when performing an action based on a result of comparing the at least one current aggregated value with the at least one corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile, send a message to a trader node associated with a particular location and a particular service when a current aggregated value exceeds a corresponding threshold value of the threshold profile.