SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GEOLOCATION DATA DISCOVERY IN STREAMING TEXTS

• US 20170372219A1
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Crawford, Catherine Helen, Gunnels, John Andrew, Swirszcz, Grzegorz Michal
• Granted Patent: US 10,504,041 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A geolocation data discovery method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a secure text mining circuit configured to mine a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert, a geolocation and temporal embedding circuit configured to embed a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the secure text mining circuit, and an event mapping circuit configured to map the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event.

Claims

1. A geolocation data discovery system, comprising:

a secure text mining circuit configured to mine a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert;

a geolocation and temporal embedding circuit configured to embed a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the secure text mining circuit; and

an event mapping circuit configured to map the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the secure source of data comprises a social media stream of a trusted entity, the trusted entity comprising a government entity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the event mapping circuit maps the event at the time associated with the temporal tag time of the event based on a user being at the geolocational tag location of the event at the time.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback circuit configured to receive feedback data from a secure source and cause the event mapping circuit to update a status of the event on the navigational map based on the received feedback data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the feedback data comprises at least one of:

an image from a verified source;

an e-mail from a government e-mail address; and

traffic camera data.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the feedback circuit causes the event mapping circuit to update the status of the event by indicating whether the event is ongoing or is complete.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the feedback data includes an error code from a verified user indicated that the event mapping circuit excluded a particular event, and

wherein the feedback circuit causes the secure text mining circuit to learn the error code to adapt the natural language processing algorithm to avoid causing the error code for a future textual alert message.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the temporal indicator is based on a time that the textual alert message was sent from the secure source data if the textual alert message is devoid of a temporal reference in text of the textual alert message.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a navigational route recommending circuit interfaced with a navigational service of a user device and configured to recommend a navigational route to avoid the event of the navigational map.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein a user selectively subscribes to particular secure data providers and only receives the secure source data from the subscribed-to secure data providers.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the event mapping circuit maps the event on the navigational map only if the event is within a predetermined distance of a location of the user.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising an alert sending circuit configured to send an alert to a user device if a location of a user is within a predetermined distance of the geolocational tag location of the event.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback circuit configured to receive feedback from a verified user to verify an accuracy of the secure text mining circuit in real-time based on a status of the event as observed by the verified user.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising a navigational route recommending circuit interfaced with a navigational service of a user device and configured to recommend a navigational route based on the geolocational tag location of the event and a real-time feedback from a verified user predicting an effect of the event on a flow of traffic in the navigational route.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the secure source data is provided to the secure text mining circuit based on a distance of a user to a verified user provided with the secure source data.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the geolocation indicator comprises a textual reference to a location on a map.

17. A geolocation data discovery method, comprising:

mining a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert;

embedding a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the mining; and

mapping the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the secure source of data comprises a social media stream of a trusted entity, the trusted entity comprising a government entity.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the mapping maps the event at the time associated with the temporal tag time of the event based on a user being at the geolocational tag location of the event at the time.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a geolocation data discovery program, the program causing a computer to perform:

mining a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert;

embedding a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the mining; and

mapping the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event.