Systems and user interfaces for dynamic and interactive person and event data access and analysis

• US 9,854,397 B1
• Filed: 02/10/2016
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hawk Analytics Incorporated (Leadsonline LLC)
• Original Assignee: Hawk Analytics Incorporated (Leadsonline LLC)
• Inventors: Melson, Michael Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): Diaby, Moustapha
• Application Number:
  US15/040,263
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

An interactive information map system is disclosed that enables a user to efficiently search through, and determine matches within, large amounts of data including event-location data and person-location data. The interactive information map system may include an interactive user interface in which event-location data, person-location data, and/or matches between event-location data and person-location data may be displayed on a map. Further, a user of the interactive information map system may input search queries to the interactive information map system, including selections of subsets of event-location data and person-location data, for determining matches. The user may limit the search query based on a time or timeframe of interest. Advantageously, according to various embodiments, the interactive information map system may enable a user to identify matches between records of events occurring at particular locations and records of persons being at particular locations.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

one or more storage devices configured to store electronic software instructions; and

one or more computer processors in communication with the one or more storage devices, the one or more computer processors configured to execute the electronic software instructions to cause the computing system to;

receive, from a third-party data source, a plurality of call data records,

extract, from the call data records, a plurality of call data record items,

each of the call data record items including;

at least one of a caller telephone number or a receiver telephone number;

a call time indicating when a telephone call between a caller device having the caller telephone number and a receiver device having the receiver telephone number was initiated or connected; and

at least one of;

a caller location of the caller device at the call time or a receiver location of the receiver device at the call time, wherein each of the receiver locations indicates at least one of;

a location of a cell phone tower or GPS coordinates;

access, from a third-party data source, a plurality of crime data records associated with one or more previously unsolved crimes;

extract, from the plurality of crime data records, a plurality of crime data record items, each of the crime data record items including;

a crime time indicating when a particular unsolved crime occurred; and

a crime location indicating a geographic location of the particular unsolved crime;

receive one or more inputs from a user of the computing system indicating search query criteria comprising;

a distance constraint indicating a maximum allowable geographic distance between a caller location or a receiver location of a particular call data record item and a crime location associated with a particular crime data record item,

a timeframe constraint indicating a maximum allowable time difference between a call time associated with a particular call data record item and a crime time associated with a particular crime data record item,

a selection of a subset or all of the call data record items, and

a selection of a subset or all of the crime data record items;

determine a plurality of pairs of call record data items and crime data record items of the selected call data record items and crime data record items;

for each determined pair of call record data items and crime record data items, in response to determining that;

a caller location or receiver location associated with the call record data item is within the distance constraint from a crime location associated with the crime record data item, and

a call time associated with the call record data item is within the timeframe constraint of a crime time associated with the crime record data item, designate the call record data item and the crime record data item of the pair as a match;

generate user interface data for rendering an interactive user interface on an electronic display, the interactive user interface including an interactive map;

update the user interface data to include indications of the designated matches,

each indication comprising a marker on the interactive map at respective crime locations and/or call locations associated with the call record data item or the crime record data item of the match; and

provide a time-based animation of the indication of the designated matches,

wherein;

the interactive user interface further includes a slider spanning a period of time associated with the designated matches, and

in response to movement of the slider, markers indicative of the designated matches that are associated with points in time indicated by a location of the slider are displayed, and markers of the designated matches that are not associated with points in time indicated by the location of the slider are not displayed.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to execute the electronic software instructions to further cause the computing system to:

further update the user interface data to include indications of the designated matches in a force-directed graph including nodes and edges, and wherein;

the nodes represent call record data items and crime record data items, and

the edges indicate relationships between matched call record data items and crime record data items that satisfy the search query criteria.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes first slider configured to receive the distance constraint via user input, and wherein the user interface includes second slider configured to receive the timeframe constraint via user input.

4. A computing system comprising:

one or more storage devices configured to store;

electronic software instructions;

a plurality of person-location data items, wherein the person-location data items are associated with respective times and locations, and wherein the respective times and locations associated with the person-location data items are extracted from cellular telephone call data; and

a plurality of event-location data items associated with one or more unsolved crimes or cold law enforcement cases, and wherein the event-location data items are associated with respective times and locations; and

one or more computer processors in communication with the one or more storage devices, the one or more computer processors configured to execute the electronic software instructions to cause the computing system to;

generate user interface data for rendering an interactive user interface on an electronic display, the interactive user interface including an interactive map;

receive an input from a user of the computing system including search criteria comprising;

a distance constraint,

a timeframe constraint,

a selection of a subset or all of the person-location data, and

a selection of a subset or all of the event-location data; and

in response to the input;

identify, from the one or more storage devices, one or more

matches that satisfy the search criteria, each of the one or more matches including a person-location data item and an event-location data item from the selected person-location data items and event-location data items;

update the user interface data such that the interactive user

interface includes an indication of the one or more matches; and

provide a time-based animation of the indication of the one or more matches,

wherein;

the interactive user interface includes a map, a slider

spanning a period of time associated with the one or more matches,

and one or more markers on the map indicating locations associated with the one or more matches, and

in response to movement of the slider, markers of the one or more markers that are associated with points in time indicated

by a location of the slider are displayed, and markers of the one or more markers that are not associated with points in time indicated by the location of the slider are not displayed.

5. The computing system of claim 4, wherein identifying the one or more matches comprises:

for each combination of pairs of an event-location data item from the plurality of event-location data items and a person-location data item from the plurality of person-location data items;

in response to determining that;

a location associated with the event-location data item is within the distance constraint of a location associated with the person-location data item, and

a time associated with the event-location data item is within the timeframe constraint of a time associated with the person-location data item,

designating the event-location data item and the person-location data item as a match.

6. The computing system of claim 5, wherein the indication of the one or more matches comprises markers on the interactive map.

7. The computing system of claim 5, wherein the indication of the one or more matches comprises information displayed in a force-directed graph including nodes and edges, and wherein:

the nodes represent person-location data items and event-location data items, and

the edges indicate relationships between matched person-location data items and event-location data items that satisfy the search criteria.

8. The computing system of claim 5, wherein the cellular telephone call data includes at least one of:

Cell Phone Call Detail Records, Cell Phone Location Detail Records, other types of call records or cell phone location records, GPS Tracker information, or any other timestamped location information associated with a person.

9. The computing system of claim 4, wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to execute the electronic software instructions to further cause the computing system to:

import person-location data received from a third-party source including the cellular telephone call data; and

process the person-location data to determine the plurality of person-location data items including extracting the respective times and locations associated with the person-location data items.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to execute the electronic software instructions to further cause the computing system to:

import event-location data received from a third-party source; and

process the event-location data to determine the plurality of event-location data items including extracting the respective times and locations associated with the event-location data items.

11. The computing system of claim 4, wherein the user interface includes first slider configured to receive the distance constraint via user input, and wherein the user interface includes second slider configured to receive the timeframe constraint via user input.

12. A compi1ter-implemented method comprising:

under control of one or more hardware computing devices configured with specific computer executable instructions;

communicating with one or more storage devices configured to store;

a plurality of person-location data items, wherein the person-location data items are associated with respective times and locations, and

wherein the respective times and locations associated with the person-location data items are extracted from cellular telephone call data; and

a plurality of event-location data items associated with one or more unsolved crimes or cold Jaw enforcement cases, and wherein the event-location data items are associated with respective times and locations;

generating user interface data for rendering an interactive user interface on an electronic display, the interactive user interface including an interactive map;

receiving an input from a user of the computing system including search criteria comprising;

a distance constraint,

a timeframe constraint,

a selection of a subset or all of the person-location data, and

a selection of a subset or all of the event-location data; and

in response to the input;

identifying, from the one or more storage devices, one or more matches that satisfy the search criteria, each of the one or more matches including a person-location data item and an event-location data item from the selected person-location data items and event-location data items;

updating the user interface data such that the interactive user interface includes an indication of the one or more matches; and

providing a time-based animation of the indication of the one or more matches,

wherein;

the interactive user interface includes a map, a slider

spanning a period of time associated with the one or more matches,

and one or more markers on the map indicating locations associated with the one or more matches, and

in response to movement of the slider, markers of the one or more markers that are associated with points in time indicated by a location of the slider arc displayed, and markers of the one or more markers that are not associated with points in time indicated by the location of the slider are not displayed.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein identifying the one or more matches comprises:

for each combination of pairs of an event-location data item from the plurality of event-location data items and a person-location data item from the plurality of person-location data items;

in response to determining that;

a location associated with the event-location data item is within the distance constraint of a location associated with the person-location data item, and

a time associated with the event-location data item is within the timeframe constraint of a time associated with the person-location data item,

designating the event-location data item and the person-location data item as a match.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the indication of the one or more matches comprises markers on the interactive map.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the indication of the one or more matches comprises information displayed in a force-directed graph including nodes and edges, and wherein:

the nodes represent person-location data items and event-location data items, and

the edges indicate relationships between matched person-location data items and event-location data items that satisfy the search criteria.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising:

under control of one or more hardware computing devices configured with specific computer executable instructions;

importing person-location data received from a third-party source including the cellular telephone call data; and

processing the person-location data to determine the plurality of person-location data items including extracting the respective times and locations associated with the person-location data items.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 further comprising:

under control of one or more hardware computing devices configured with specific computer executable instructions;

importing event-location data received from a third-party source; and

processing the event-location data to determine the plurality of event-location data items including extracting the respective times and locations associated with the event-location data items.