THREAT SCORE GENERATION

• US 20120268269A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Doyle, Thomas Francis
• Application Number:
  US13/090,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20120268269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0202 Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0263 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the direction in which child or item is located
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0266 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact distance between parent and child or surveyor and item
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0272 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect exact location of child or item using triangulation other than GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, devices, apparatuses, articles, etc. for generation of a threat score. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining one or more first attributes of a first person and one or more second attributes of a second person. A first location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the first person, who may be associated with a mobile device, and a second location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the second person may be obtained. A threat score of the first person with respect to the second person may be generated based, at least in part, on the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest. Other example implementations are described herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more first attributes of a first person, the first person being associated with at least a first mobile device that is to receive one or more signals and that is co-located with the first person;

obtaining one or more second attributes of a second person;

obtaining a first location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the first person, the first location digest being based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from the one or more signals received at the first mobile device;

obtaining a second location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the second person; and

generating a threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating further comprises:

applying a multivariate heuristic model at least to the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest to generate the threat score.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more first attributes of the first person comprise a potential predator classification and the one or more second attributes of the second person comprise a potential victim classification.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

obtaining the potential predator classification for the first person, the potential predator classification being selected from a first group of multiple potential predator types; and

obtaining the potential victim classification for the second person, the potential victim classification being selected from a second group of multiple potential victim types.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a potential predator type of the first group of multiple potential predator types is selected from a group comprising:

a previous predator, a previous offender, a recidivist of a particular criminal action or category, an individual that has exhibited suspicious behavior, an individual that is a subject of a restraining order, an individual that has been accused of a crime, or an individual that has been charged with a crime.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a potential victim type of the second group of multiple potential victim types is selected from a group comprising a minor, a child in a particular age range, a woman, a woman in a given age range, an individual living near a known prior predator, an individual who drives a particular car or a car having a particular value range, an individual traveling alone, or a person that lives in a particular neighborhood.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more first attributes of the first person and the one or more second attributes of the second person comprise one or more attributes that are selected from a group comprising:

age, gender, recidivism, victimhood, habits, marital status, psychological profile indications, employment, education, physical size, appearance, group affiliations, location history, residence, wealth, profession, income, or avocations.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second location digest relates the one or more locations that are associated with the second person to a presence of the second person;

and wherein the presence of the second person is indicative of one or more statuses that are selected from a group comprising;

an intent to visit the one or more locations that are associated with the second person, a current visit to the one or more locations that are associated with the second person, a previous visit to the one or more locations that are associated with the second person, a scheduled visit to the one or more locations that are associated with the second person, or a recurring visitation to the one or more locations that are associated with the second person.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating further comprises:

generating a composite threat score that is indicative of a trend of multiple threat scores.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating further comprises:

generating an aggregate threat score that is indicative of at least one threat level for a group of multiple potential victims.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating further comprises:

generating the threat score to reflect a history of locations indicated in at least one of the first location digest or the second location digest.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

converting the threat score to a threat category; and

determining whether to issue an alert based at least partly on the threat category.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

initiating transmission of a warning alert to the second person based at least partly on said determining.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

initiating transmission of a notification alert to at least one person who is a member of a protector classification based at least partly on said determining.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

initiating transmission of a reminder alert to the first person via the first mobile device based at least partly on said determining.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the first location digest indicates a historical movement pattern by including multiple location estimates, which are derived from the one or more signals received at the first mobile device, of the first person at multiple instances;

and wherein said generating further comprises;

generating the threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on the historical movement pattern indicated by the first location digest.

17. A device comprising:

at least one memory to store instructions; and

one or more processors to execute said instructions to;

obtain one or more first attributes of a first person, the first person being associated with at least a first mobile device that is to receive one or more signals and that is co-located with the first person;

obtain one or more second attributes of a second person;

obtain a first location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the first person, the first location digest being based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from the one or more signals received at the first mobile device;

obtain a second location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the second person; and

generate a threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein to generate the threat score said one or more processors are further to execute said instructions to:

generate the threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on one or more characteristics.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise at least one distance separating the first person and the second person and a threshold distance, with the at least one distance separating the first person and the second person being determinable from the first location digest and the second location digest.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a number of repetitions at which the at least one distance separating the first person and the second person meets the threshold distance.

21. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise at least one dwell time that elapses if the at least one distance separating the first person and the second person meets the threshold distance.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a time of day or a population level of a given location.

23. The device of claim 18, wherein the second person is associated with at least a second mobile device that is to receive one or more signals and is co-located with the second person, and wherein the second location digest is based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from the one or more signals received at the second mobile device.

24. The device of claim 18, wherein the second location digest is based at least partly on at least one location that is provided manually by the second person.

25. An apparatus comprising:

means for obtaining one or more first attributes of a first person, the first person being associated with at least a first mobile device that is to receive one or more signals and that is co-located with the first person;

means for obtaining one or more second attributes of a second person;

means for obtaining a first location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the first person, the first location digest being based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from the one or more signals received at the first mobile device;

means for obtaining a second location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the second person; and

means for generating a threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first location digest is based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from one or more signals received at a first mobile device that is co-located with the first person, and the second location digest is based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from one or more signals received at a second mobile device that is co-located with the second person.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein said means for generating comprises:

means for adjusting the threat score based at least partly on one or more characteristics.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising:

means for mapping the threat score to at least one threat category of multiple threat categories.

29. An article comprising:

at least one storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to;

obtain one or more first attributes of a first person, the first person being associated with at least a first mobile device that is to receive one or more signals and that is co-located with the first person;

obtain one or more second attributes of a second person;

obtain a first location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the first person, the first location digest being based at least partly on at least one location estimate that is derived from the one or more signals received at the first mobile device;

obtain a second location digest indicative of one or more locations that are associated with the second person; and

generate a threat score of the first person with respect to the second person based, at least in part, on the one or more first attributes of the first person, the one or more second attributes of the second person, the first location digest, and the second location digest.