Location stamping and logging of electronic events and habitat generation

• US 8,065,080 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Issued: 11/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Koch, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Diacou, Ari M
• Application Number:
  US11/554,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20080194268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,848 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208, 340/944, 379/201.08
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the detection, location stamping, and logging of electronic events and subsequent generation of habitat information. According to implementations, electronic events are detected and location stamped. Associated descriptions and other data corresponding to the electronic events is retrieved and stored along with the geographic locations of the electronic events in an activity log. The information in the activity log is used to generate visual representations of one or more geographic areas in which electronic events that meet user-defined or default criteria occurred within a predetermined frequency.

Claims

1. A method for logging electronic events associated with a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving an event indicator representing an occurrence of an electronic event, the electronic event comprising a telephone call;

in response to receiving the event indicator, retrieving location information associated with the mobile device;

translating the location information into a geographic location description;

retrieving an event description associated with the event indicator;

storing data corresponding to the event indicator, the location information, a date and a time associated with the electronic event, and a pointer to a data file created as a result of the electronic event in an entry of an activity log; and

providing a visual representation of the activity log, the visual representation comprising the event description and the geographic location description associated with the occurrence of the electronic event, and a map visually depicting the location information associated with the occurrence of the electronic event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data file created as a result of the electronic event in the entry of the activity log comprises one of the following:

an audio file, an image file, and a video file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the event description, the geographic location description, the date and the time associated with the electronic event, and the pointer to the data file created as a result of the electronic event in the entry of the activity log further comprises storing an electronic event descriptor indicating whether an electronic device associated with a known party was within proximity to a user when the electronic event occurred.

4. A method of logging an electronic event associated with a mobile device, the method comprising:

retrieving an entry within an activity log, the entry comprising a geographic location and an electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event comprising a telephone call, and the electronic event descriptor indicating that a communications device associated with a known party was within proximity to the mobile device during the electronic event;

positioning a location designator on a map corresponding to the geographic location; and

creating an electronic event legend adjacent the map, the electronic event legend comprising a legend entry, and the legend entry comprising the electronic event descriptor corresponding to the location designator positioned on the map.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving an identifying device characteristic associated with the mobile device;

responsive to receiving the identifying device characteristic associated with the mobile device, determining if the identifying device characteristic associated with the mobile device matches another identifying device characteristic associated with the communications device; and

responsive to determining that the identifying device characteristic associated with the mobile device matches the another identifying device characteristic associated with the communications device, generating the electronic event descriptor indicating that the communications device associated with the known party was within proximity to the mobile device during the electronic event.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the entry further comprises another electronic event descriptor corresponding to the electronic event, the another electronic event descriptor comprising a pointer to a media file corresponding to the electronic event, and the media file comprising one of the following:

an audio file, an image file, and a video file.