Method, apparatus, and terminal device for determining user activity range

• US 9,749,802 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Cui, Yingren
• Primary Examiner(s): TORRES, MARCOS L
• Application Number:
  US14/983,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/017 Detecting state or type of motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method for determining user activity range includes: determining a moving state of a user; determining, when the moving state of the user is a first state, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state; determining, when the moving state of the user is a second state, a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state; and collecting, in a first predetermined time period, geographical location information of the user corresponding to at least one first state, and a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to at least one second state, and combining the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range.

Claims

1. A method for determining user activity range, comprising:

determining a moving state of a user, wherein the moving state comprises a first state and a second state, wherein an average moving speed of the user in the second state is greater than an average moving speed of the user in the first state;

determining, when the moving state of the user is the first state, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state;

determining, when the moving state of the user is the second state, a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state, wherein the geographical location information set is formed by multiple pieces of geographical location information of the user that are determined according to a time sequence during the second state;

collecting, in a first predetermined time period, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state, and a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state, and combining the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range;

determining, during the second state, geographical location information of the user once in each third predetermined time period, until the moving state of the user changes into the first state; and

aggregating the multiple pieces of geographical location information that are determined according to the time sequence during the second state, so as to form the geographical location information set.

2. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 1, wherein the process of determining a moving state of a user comprises:

detecting a moving speed of the user;

determining that the moving state of the user is the first state if the detected moving speed of the user is less than a predetermined speed threshold for a time duration greater than a second predetermined time period threshold; and

determining that the moving state of the user is the second state if the detected moving speed of the user is greater than the predetermined speed threshold for a time duration greater than the second predetermined time period threshold.

3. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

marking, on a map, geographical locations corresponding to the geographical location information in the geographical location information set, and connecting, according to the time sequence in which the geographical location information in the geographical location information set is determined, the corresponding geographical locations marked on the map, so as to draw a moving route of the user.

4. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

marking, on the map after determining the geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state, a geographical location corresponding to the geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state; and

the combining the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range comprises;

combining a geographical location of the user corresponding to the first state that is marked on the map in the first predetermined time period with the moving route drawn on the map, so as to draw a user activity range area chart.

5. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

comparing user activity ranges that are determined in a set number of first predetermined time periods, and determining user activity range once in each first predetermined time period;

determining, in the user activity ranges that are determined in the set number of first predetermined time periods, that geographical location information of the user that has an occurrence frequency exceeding a threshold and is determined in the first state is final geographical location information, and a geographical location information set of the user that has an occurrence frequency exceeding a threshold and is determined in the second state is a final geographical location information set; and

combining the final geographical location information with the final geographical location information set, so as to determine a final user activity range.

6. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 5, wherein the comparing user activity ranges that are determined in a set number of first predetermined time periods comprises:

superimposing, on the map, user activity range area charts corresponding to user activity ranges that are determined in the set number of first predetermined time periods and whose number corresponds to the set number.

7. The method for determining user activity range according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, to a server, data corresponding to the user activity range after the user activity range is determined; and

receiving recommendation information corresponding to the data that corresponds to the user activity range and is sent by the server.

8. An apparatus for determining user activity range, comprising:

one or more modules consisting of processor-executable instructions, the one or more modules comprising;

a moving state determining module, configured to determine a moving state of a user, wherein the moving state comprises a first state and a second state, wherein an average moving speed of the user in the second state is greater than an average moving speed of the user in the first state;

a first determining module, configured to determine, when the moving state of the user is the first state, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state;

a second determining module, configured to determine, when the moving state of the user is the second state, a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state, wherein the geographical location information set is formed by multiple pieces of geographical location information of the user that are determined according to a time sequence during the second state;

a collection module, configured to collect, in a first predetermined time period, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state, and a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state; and

an activity range determining module, configured to combine the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range;

wherein the second determining module further comprises;

a timing determining unit, configured to determine, during the second state, geographical location information of the user once in each third predetermined time period, until the moving state of the user changes into the first state; and

an aggregation unit, configured to aggregate the multiple pieces of geographical location information that are determined according to the time sequence during the second state, so as to form the geographical location information set.

9. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 8, wherein the moving state determining module comprises:

a moving speed detection unit, configured to detect a moving speed of the user;

a first determining unit, configured to determine that the moving state of the user is the first state if the detected moving speed of the user is less than a predetermined speed threshold for a time duration greater than a second predetermined time period threshold; and

a second determining unit, configured to determine that the moving state of the user is the second state if the detected moving speed of the user is greater than the predetermined speed threshold for a time duration greater than the second predetermined time period threshold.

10. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a moving route drawing module, configured to mark, on a map, geographical locations corresponding to the geographical location information in the geographical location information set, and connect, according to the time sequence in which the geographical location information in the geographical location information set is determined, the corresponding geographical locations marked on the map, so as to draw a moving route of the user.

11. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a geographical location marking module, configured to mark, on the map after the geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state is determined, a geographical locations corresponding to the geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state; and

the activity range determining module comprises;

a user-activity-range area-chart determining unit, configured to combine a geographical location of the user corresponding to the first state that is marked on the map in the first predetermined time period with the moving route drawn on the map, so as to draw a user activity range area chart.

12. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a comparison module, configured to compare user activity ranges that are determined in a set number of first predetermined time periods, and determine a user activity range once in each first predetermined time period;

a final geographical-location determining module, configured to determine, in the user activity ranges that are determined in the set number of first predetermined time periods, that geographical location information of the user that has an occurrence frequency exceeding a threshold and is determined in the first state is final geographical location information, and a geographical location information set of the user that has an occurrence frequency exceeding a threshold and is determined in the second state is a final geographical location information set; and

a final user-activity-range determining module, configured to combine the final geographical location information with the final geographical location information set, so as to determine a final user activity range.

13. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 12, wherein the comparison module comprises:

a superimposing unit, configured to superimpose, on the map, user activity range area charts corresponding to user activity ranges that are determined in the set number of first predetermined time periods and whose number corresponds to the set number.

14. The apparatus for determining user activity range according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a range data sending module, configured to send, to a server, data corresponding to the user activity range after the user activity range is determined; and

a recommendation information receiving module, configured to receive recommendation information corresponding to the data that corresponds to the user activity range and is sent by the server.