Method and device for determining service area
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1. A method for determining a service area corresponding to a provider communication account, comprising:
- determining candidate communication accounts that have communicated with the provider communication account within a historical time period of a preset time length;
acquiring geographical positions corresponding to the candidate communication accounts;
determining a service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions; and
recommending the provider communication account to a communication account, according to the determined service area corresponding to the provider communication account;
wherein determining the service area corresponding to the provider communication account includes;
for a selected geographical position selected from the acquired geographical positions;
determining distances between the selected geographical position and other geographical positions, anddeleting, if a number of other geographical positions that have a distance to the selected geographical position larger than a preset threshold distance is greater than a preset threshold number, the selected geographical position; and
determining the service area according to remaining geographical positions after the deleting is performed.
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Abstract
A method for determining a service area corresponding to a provider communication account includes determining candidate communication accounts that have communicated with the provider communication account within a historical time period of a preset time length, acquiring geographical positions corresponding to the candidate communication accounts, and determining a service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions.
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1. A method for determining a service area corresponding to a provider communication account, comprising:
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determining candidate communication accounts that have communicated with the provider communication account within a historical time period of a preset time length; acquiring geographical positions corresponding to the candidate communication accounts; determining a service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions; and recommending the provider communication account to a communication account, according to the determined service area corresponding to the provider communication account; wherein determining the service area corresponding to the provider communication account includes; for a selected geographical position selected from the acquired geographical positions; determining distances between the selected geographical position and other geographical positions, and deleting, if a number of other geographical positions that have a distance to the selected geographical position larger than a preset threshold distance is greater than a preset threshold number, the selected geographical position; and determining the service area according to remaining geographical positions after the deleting is performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device for determining a service area corresponding to a provider communication account, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; determine candidate communication accounts that have communicated with the provider communication account within a historical time period of a preset time length; acquire geographical positions corresponding to the candidate communication accounts; determine a service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions; and recommend the provider communication account to a communication account, according to the determined service area corresponding to the provider communication account; wherein in determining the service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions, the instructions further cause the processor to; for a selected geographical position selected from the acquired geographical positions; determine distances between the selected geographical position and other geographical positions, and delete, if a number of other geographical positions that have a distance to the selected geographical position larger than a preset threshold distance is greater than a preset threshold number, the selected geographical position; and determine the service area according to remaining geographical positions after the deleting is performed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a terminal, cause the terminal to:
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determine candidate communication accounts that have communicated with the provider communication account within a historical time period of a preset time length; acquire geographical positions corresponding to the candidate communication accounts; determine a service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions; and recommend the provider communication account to a communication account, according to the determined service area corresponding to the provider communication account; wherein in determining the service area corresponding to the provider communication account according to the geographical positions, the instructions further cause the terminal to; for a selected geographical position selected from the acquired geographical positions; determine distances between the selected geographical position and other geographical positions, and delete, if a number of other geographical positions that have a distance to the selected geographical position larger than a preset threshold distance is greater than a preset threshold number, the selected geographical position; and determine the service area according to remaining geographical positions after the deleting is performed.
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