Digital map truth maintenance
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDeva-Datta Sharma, John Oetting
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Abstract
The described technology is generally directed towards digital map truth maintenance. Map inputs shared among multiple users of a shared overlay map service can have a range of credibility, from not credible to highly credible. The disclosed digital map truth maintenance technologies can be used to enhance credibility of shared map inputs. Credibility values can be calculated for map inputs, based on any of multiple factors. Map inputs having sufficiently high credibility, such as a credibility value determined to be above a threshold value, can be shared among multiple mobile devices.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a map input from a user equipment, the map input comprising a map location and description information associated with the map location;
- determining, by the device, a map input credibility value for the map input, wherein the map input credibility value is determined based on an identity associated with the user equipment;
- in response to the map input credibility value being determined to be above a first threshold value, determining, by the device, a representative map input based on the map input and at least one other map input other than the map input;
- assigning, by the device, a representative credibility value to the representative map input, wherein the representative credibility value is based on the map input credibility value and at least one other map input credibility value of the at least one other map input;
- and
- in response to the representative credibility value being determined to be above a second threshold value, sending, by the device, the representative map input to multiple user equipment devices.
A device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a first map input from a user equipment, the first map input comprising a map location and description information associated with the map location;
- determining a first map input credibility value for the first map input, wherein the first map input credibility value is determined based on proximity of a location of the user equipment with the map location included in the first map input;
- in response to the first map input credibility value being determined to be above a first threshold value, determining a representative map input based on the first map input and a second map input;
- assigning a representative credibility value to the representative map input, wherein the representative credibility value is based on the first map input credibility value and a second map input credibility value of the second map input;
- and
- in response to the representative credibility value being determined to be above a second threshold value, sending the representative map input to multiple user equipment devices.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a map input from a user equipment, the map input comprising a map location and description information associated with the map location;
- determining a map input credibility value for the map input, wherein the map input credibility value is determined based on a time difference between a first time included in the description information and a second time associated with a transmission of the map input;
- in response to the map input credibility value being determined to be above a first threshold value, determining a representative map input based on the map input and another map input other than the map input;
- assigning a representative credibility value to the representative map input, wherein the representative credibility value is based on the map input credibility value and another map input credibility value of the other map input;
- and
- in response to the representative credibility value being determined to be above a second threshold value, sending the representative map input to multiple user equipment devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.