Systems and Methods to Identify Home Addresses of Mobile Devices

A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving, for a mobile device, input data identifying:
• a plurality of time instances in a period of time;
• and
• a plurality of locations of the mobile device at the plurality of time instances respectively;
• and
• identifying, by the computing device from the input data, a location of a home of a user of the mobile device, by:
• identifying a plurality of regions, each of the regions having a predefined boundary and containing at least one of the plurality of locations of the mobile device;
• identifying a plurality of visitation types for the plurality of time instances of the mobile device being at the plurality of locations;
• computing, for each respective region in the plurality of regions, a plurality of visitation frequencies corresponding to the plurality of visitation types respectively;
• computing, for the respective region, a score based at least in part on the plurality of visitation frequencies, wherein the plurality of regions have a plurality of scores respectively;
• and
• selecting, from the plurality of region candidates and based on the plurality of scores, a home region as the home of the user.

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one microprocessor;
• and
• memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one microprocessor to:
• store, for a mobile device, data identifying:
• a plurality of time instances in a period of time;
• and
• a plurality of locations of the mobile device at the plurality of time instances respectively;
• and
• identify, by the computing device from the data, a location of a home of a user of the mobile device, by:
• identifying a plurality of regions, each of the regions having a predefined boundary and containing at least one of the plurality of locations of the mobile device;
• identifying a plurality of visitation types for the plurality of time instances of the mobile device being at the plurality of locations;
• computing, for each respective region in the plurality of regions, a plurality of visitation frequencies corresponding to the plurality of visitation types respectively;
• computing, for the respective region, a score based at least in part on the plurality of visitation frequencies, wherein the plurality of regions have a plurality of scores respectively;
• and
• selecting, from the plurality of region candidates and based on the plurality of scores, a home region as the home of the user.