Integration of location logs, GPS signals, and spatial resources for identifying user activities, goals, and context
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates the identification of user goals, comprising:
- a location component that determines location data of a wireless communications device of a user; and
a context component that accesses context data based on the location data to define a context related to device location.
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Abstract
Described are methods that utilize a geographic location technology (e.g., GPS) to determine user location data, and existing network-based websites (e.g., Internet websites) for searching and accessing data related to the location data such that the user context can be developed and stored. A location component is provided that determines location data of a wireless communications device of a user. A context component is provided that accesses context data based on the location data to define a context in which the device is located. Activities, goals, and overall context of a user can be inferred through statistical fusion of multiple sources of evidence. The context data is presented to the user via the wireless device such that the user can make decisions as to where to go, for example. User preferences can be accessed and applied to filter context data according to what the user desires to see and access.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates the identification of user goals, comprising:
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a location component that determines location data of a wireless communications device of a user; and
a context component that accesses context data based on the location data to define a context related to device location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining user context, the method comprising:
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computing location coordinates of a user using a GPS-enabled wireless device;
searching a network of websites using the location coordinates as search terms;
retrieving a list of links to websites that associate the location coordinates with at least one of a street and an address; and
querying the websites on the list of links using at least one of the street and the address to find an associated business. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system of determining user goals associated with a user context, comprising:
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means for computing location coordinates of a user using a GPS-enabled wireless device;
means for searching a network of websites using the location coordinates as search terms;
means for retrieving a list of links to websites that associate the location coordinates with at least one of a street and an address;
means for querying the websites on the list of links using at least one of the street and the address to find a list of nearby businesses;
means for filtering the list of associated businesses based on user preferences; and
means for presenting the filtered list of associated businesses to the user.
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