SENSOR BASED MONITORING OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A system for reliably predicting interactions among a plurality of people of interest, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless sensor nodes deployed among said plurality of people of interest, said wireless sensor nodes each including data collecting sensors thereon, said wireless sensor nodes forming an ad hoc network;
a data polling system that operates across said ad hoc network to gather data collected by said sensors; and
an analysis algorithm that operates on said gathered data, said algorithm first comparing data collected from each of said wireless sensor nodes to determine the relative similarity in collected data from each sensor node and second applying a predictive calculation on similar sensor nodes to determine the probability that an interaction occurred.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting and monitoring discrete interactions within a physical social network is provided. The system and method detects attributes associated with human communication activities and distinguishes them from other concurrently detected activities in order to identify discrete interactions that are in turn transmitted across a network having a limited data rate. Generally, in its simplest form a plurality of wireless sensors are deployed across a cross-section of people of interest. Once deployed, the wireless sensors establish an ad-hoc network that transmits a small amount of data relating to the each of the discrete individuals bearing a sensor. The collected data is analyzed through the application of rules set forth in a Bayesian belief network to make a determination regarding the probability that an actual interaction between two individuals bearing sensors in fact occurred.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for reliably predicting interactions among a plurality of people of interest, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless sensor nodes deployed among said plurality of people of interest, said wireless sensor nodes each including data collecting sensors thereon, said wireless sensor nodes forming an ad hoc network; a data polling system that operates across said ad hoc network to gather data collected by said sensors; and an analysis algorithm that operates on said gathered data, said algorithm first comparing data collected from each of said wireless sensor nodes to determine the relative similarity in collected data from each sensor node and second applying a predictive calculation on similar sensor nodes to determine the probability that an interaction occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for reliably predicting interactions among a plurality of people of interest, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless sensor nodes deployed among said plurality of people of interest, said wireless sensor nodes each including data collecting sensors thereon, said wireless sensor nodes forming an ad hoc network; a computer system connected as a node on said ad hoc network, said computer system including a process and a data storage device; a data polling system that operates on said processor and across said ad hoc network to gather data collected by said sensors and place said data onto said storage device; and an analysis algorithm on said computer processor that operates on said gathered data, said algorithm first comparing data collected from each of said wireless sensor nodes to determine the relative similarity in collected data from each sensor node and second applying a predictive calculation on similar sensor nodes to determine the probability that an interaction occurred. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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