System and method for determining characteristics of a plurality of people at an event based on mobile phone tracking and mobile data transmission

• US 9,888,361 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2016
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Popular Metrics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Popular Metrics, Inc.
• Inventors: Freeman, Duncan, Elmore, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US15/062,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20160192156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for determining characteristics of a plurality of people at an event. A method may include receiving location information about a plurality of active mobile phones, receiving sentiment information relating to the plurality of people, the sentiment information including at least one identifier of the event, determining at least one characteristic about the plurality of people based at least in part on the location information and the sentiment information, aggregating the sentiment information, classifying the aggregated sentiment information as either favorable or unfavorable with respect to the event, and calculating a statistical confidence level indicating an extent the aggregated sentiment information of the particular group correlates with the plurality of people. The location information may include at least one identifier of a geographical location and a time period. The location information and sentiment information may be collected from a particular group of the plurality of people.

Claims

1. A method for determining characteristics of a plurality of people at an event, the method comprising steps of:

receiving, at a computer system, location information about a plurality of active mobile phones, the location information comprising at least one identifier of a geographical location and a time period;

receiving, by the computer system, sentiment information relating to the plurality of people, the sentiment information comprising at least one identifier of the event;

determining, by the computer system, at least one characteristic about the plurality of people based at least in part on the location information and the sentiment information;

aggregating, by the computer system, the sentiment information;

classifying, by the computer system, the aggregated sentiment information as either favorable or unfavorable with respect to the event; and

wherein the location information and sentiment information are collected from a particular group of the plurality of people, the method further comprises the steps of calculating, by the computer system, a statistical confidence level indicating an extent the aggregated sentiment information of the particular group correlates with the plurality of people.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising steps of:

receiving, by the computer system, venue information related to a venue hosting the event, the venue information comprising at least one identifier of the venue and the time period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic about the plurality of people comprises at least one of a maximum size of the plurality of people during the time period, an average size of the plurality of people during the time period, and a perception of a performance of the event during the time period.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one identifier of the event comprises a time period and at least one of an event name, one or more identifiers of a venue, and a name of a particular individual.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sentiment information is received from a popularity profiling server.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive location information about a plurality of active mobile phones, the location information comprising at least one identifier of a geographical location and a time period;

receive sentiment information relating to a plurality of people, the sentiment information comprising at least one identifier of a event;

determine at least one characteristic about the plurality of people based at least in part on the location information and the sentiment information;

aggregate the sentiment information;

classify the aggregated sentiment information as either favorable or unfavorable with respect to the event; and

wherein the location information and sentiment information are collected from a particular group of the plurality of people, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to calculate a statistical confidence level indicating an extent the aggregated sentiment information of the particular group correlates with the plurality of people.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the at least one identifier of the geographical location comprises at least one of a set of latitude and longitude coordinate pairs, a street address, and a place name.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to receive venue information related to a venue hosting the event, the venue information comprising at least one identifier of the venue and the time period.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the at least one characteristic about the plurality of people comprises at least one of a maximum size of the plurality of people during the time period, an average size of the plurality of people during the time period, and a perception of a performance of the event during the time period.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the sentiment information is received from a popularity profiling server.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the at least one identifier of the event comprises a time period and at least one an event name, one or more identifiers of a venue, and a name of a particular individual.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to aggregate the sentiment information, and classify the aggregated sentiment information as either favorable or unfavorable with respect to the event.

13. A system for determining characteristics of a plurality of people at an event, comprising:

a database;

a location information server for providing location information about a plurality of active mobile phones, the location information comprising at least one identifier of a geographical location and a time period;

a popularity profiling server for providing sentiment information relating to the plurality of people, the sentiment information comprising at least one identifier of the event; and

a profiling server operably connected to the database, the location information server, and popularity profiling server, the profiling server configured to

receive, from the location information server, the location information about the plurality of active mobile phones,

receive, from the popularity profiling server, the sentiment information relating to the plurality of people, the sentiment information comprising at least one identifier of the event, and

determine at least one characteristic about the plurality of people based at least in part on the location information and the sentiment information.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one identifier of the geographical location comprises at least one of a set of latitude and longitude coordinate pairs, a street address, and a place name.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the profiling server is further configured to receive venue information related to a venue hosting the event, the venue information comprising at least one identifier of the venue and the time period.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one characteristic about the plurality of people comprises at least one of a maximum size of the plurality of people during the time period, an average size of the plurality of people during the time period, and a perception of a performance of the event during the time period.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the profiling server is further configured to:

aggregate the sentiment information; and

classify the aggregated sentiment information as either favorable or unfavorable with respect to the event.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the location information and the sentiment information are collected from a particular group of the plurality of people, the profiling server further configured to calculate a statistical confidence level indicating an extent the aggregated sentiment information of the particular group correlates with the plurality of people.