Aggregating demographic distribution information
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsRichard Carlsson, George Kakhadze, Szilvia Varga, Hjalmar Olsson, Simon Moritz
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Abstract
A method for aggregating demographic distribution information from a plurality of networks, the method comprising, in each network: monitoring the location of each of a plurality of user devices in each of a plurality of location areas; retrieving demographic information associated with a plurality of user devices; transmitting an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area to a data collector; the method further comprising: receiving the indications at the data collector and collating the information to generate an aggregated demographic distribution map.
Claims20
A method for aggregating demographic distribution information from a plurality of networks, the method comprising, in each network:
- monitoring the location of each of a plurality of user devices in each of a plurality of location areas;
- retrieving demographic information associated with a plurality of user devices;
- transmitting an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area to a data collector;
- the method further comprising:
- receiving the indications at the data collector and collating the information to generate an aggregated demographic distribution map.
A method for aggregating demographic distribution information from a plurality of networks, the method comprising, in a network:
- monitoring the location of each of a plurality of user devices in each of a plurality of location areas;
- retrieving demographic information associated with a plurality of the user devices;
- and
- transmitting an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area.
A method of aggregating demographic distribution information, the method comprising, in a data collector:
- receiving an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area from a plurality of networks;
- and
- collating the received information to generate an aggregated demographic distribution map.
A network node for collecting demographic and location data, the network node comprising:
- a location monitor arranged to monitor the location of each of a plurality of user devices in each of a plurality of location areas;
- a demographic database arranged to provide demographic information associated with a plurality of the user devices;
- and
- a reporting component arranged to prepare and transmit an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area.
A service node for aggregating demographic location data, the service node comprising:
- a receiver arranged to receive an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area from a plurality of networks;
- and
- a processor arranged to collate the received information to generate an aggregated demographic distribution map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.