METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING USER ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION

• US 20090248644A1
• Filed: 03/27/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fu, Pei, Shao, Gang, Zhong, Jieping
• Application Number:
  US12/413,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248644A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method for generating user attribute information includes: receiving event information which carries a time range, a space range and an event ID of an event; collecting users compliant with preset conditions according to the time range and space range in the event information to form a user collection; obtaining extended attributes of the event from the event information corresponding to the event ID; and generating attribute information of the users in the user collection correlated with the event according to the extended attributes of the event. An apparatus for generating user attribute information is also provided. The technical solution of the present invention reflects the characteristic attributes of the user accurately.

Claims

1. A method for generating user attribute information, comprising:

receiving event information which carries a time range, a space range and an event ID of an event;

collecting users compliant with preset conditions according to the time range and space range of the event to form a user collection;

obtaining extended attributes of the event from the event information corresponding to the event ID; and

generating attribute information of the users in the user collection correlated with the event according to the extended attributes of the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the process of obtaining the extended attributes of the event from the event information corresponding to the event ID is;

obtaining the extended attributes of the event from the received event information if the event information further carries the extended attributes of the event;

or

obtaining the extended attributes of the event in the event information corresponding to the event ID from an event information repository according to the event ID in the received event information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received event information further carries a collection frequency; and

the process of collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection is;

collecting user signals within the time range and space range at the collection frequency in the event information to form the user collection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received event information further carries a positioning mode; and

the process of collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection is;

after selecting the positioning mode, collecting user signals within the time range and space range according to the selected positioning mode to form the user collection.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the process of collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection is;

obtaining the user collection by obtaining and resolving air interface signaling between network elements in a communication system according to the preset conditions.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received event information further carries collection condition;

after collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection, the method further comprises;

filtering the collected user collection according to the collection condition to obtain a filtered user collection; and

the process of generating the attribute information of the users in the user collection correlated with the event is;

generating the attribute information of the users in the filtered user collection correlated with the event.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the process of filtering the collected user collection according to the collection condition to obtain the filtered user collection is;

reading a user in the collected user collection, and obtaining information about the read user from an original user information base; and

adding the information about the read user to the filtered user collection if the read user complies with the collection condition.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the process of generating the attribute information of the users in the user collection correlated with the event comprises;

after finding that a user information base contains no user entry incorporated in the user collection, creating a new user entry in the user information base, adding the event corresponding to the event ID and the extended attributes of the event to the user entry, and setting a correlation count of the event and a correlation weight of the extended attributes of the event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the process of generating the attribute information of the users in the user collection correlated with the event comprises;

after finding that the user information base contains the user entry incorporated in the user collection, if the entry contains the event corresponding to the event ID, modifying the correlation count of the event, and further judging whether the entry contains the extended attributes of the event;

if the entry contains the extended attributes of the event, modifying the correlation weight of the extended attributes of the event in the entry;

if the entry contains no extended attribute of the event, adding a new extended attribute of the event and setting the correlation weight of the extended attribute.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received event information which carries the time range, space range and event ID of the event is the event information sent after the event information repository is queried; and

the query process is;

after finding that the event information repository contains an unread event, reading the event;

determining the time range and space range of the event to occur according to the time range, space range and a repetition frequency which are set for the read event; and

sending the event information of the event out if it is determined that the read event meets trigger conditions.

11. An apparatus for generating user attribute information, comprising:

an event storing unit, adapted to store event information and send the event information out;

a user information generating unit, adapted to;

receive the event information which is sent by the event storing unit and carries a time range, a space range and an event ID of an event, obtain extended attributes of the event from the event information corresponding to the event ID, and generate attribute information of users in a user collection collected by a user collecting unit; and

the user collecting unit, adapted to collect users compliant with preset conditions according to the time range and space range in the event information received by the user information generating unit to form a user collection.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the user collecting unit comprises:

a user collection controller, adapted to obtain the event information received by the user information generating unit; and

a user collection interface, adapted to collect the users compliant with the preset conditions according to the event information obtained by the user collection controller to form the user collection.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein:

the process of the user collection interface collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection includes;

collecting, by the user collection interface, user signals within the time range and space range to obtain the user collection; and

further includes one or both of the following steps;

if the event information further carries a collection frequency, collecting the users at the collection frequency;

if the event information further carries a positioning mode, collecting the users according to the positioning mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein:

the process of the user collection interface collecting the users compliant with the preset conditions to form the user collection is;

obtaining the user collection by obtaining and resolving air interface signaling between network elements in a communication system according to the preset conditions.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the user information generating unit comprises:

an event/user correlating unit, adapted to;

receive the event information from the event storing unit, wherein the event information carries the time range, space range and event ID of the event, and carries collection condition;

a user filtering unit, adapted to filter the users in the user collection collected by the user collecting unit according to the collection condition to obtain a filtered user collection; and

a user information generator, adapted to;

obtain the extended attributes of the event in the event information corresponding to the event ID, and generate the attribute information corresponding to the users in the filtered user collection correlated with the event according to the extended attributes of the event.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

an original user information base, adapted to store user information, wherein;

the user filtering unit reads a user in the user collection collected by the user collecting unit, and obtains information about the read user from the original user information base; and

adds the read user to the new user collection if the read user complies with the collection condition.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a user information base, adapted to store user entries which carry user attribute information, wherein;

after finding that the user information base contains no user entry incorporated in the user collection, the user information generator creates a new user entry in the user information base, adds the event corresponding to the event ID and the extended attributes of the event to the user entry, and sets a correlation count of the event and a correlation weight of the extended attributes of the event.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein:

after the user information generator finds that the user information base contains the user entry incorporated in the user collection, if it is determined that the entry contains the event corresponding to the event ID, the user information generator modifies the correlation count of the event, and further judges whether the entry contains the extended attributes of the event;

if the entry contains the extended attributes of the event, the user information generator modifies the correlation weight of the extended attributes of the event in the entry;

if the entry contains no extended attribute of the event, the user information generator adds a new extended attribute of the event and sets the correlation weight of the extended attribute.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the event storing unit comprises:

an event information repository, adapted to store the event information;

an event trigger, adapted to;

after finding that the event information repository contains an unread event, read the event;

determine the time range and space range of the event to occur according to the time range, space range and a repetition frequency which are set for the read event; and

send the event information of the event to the user information generating unit if it is determined that the read event meets trigger conditions.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

an external interface unit, adapted to input the event information into the event storing unit.