Method and system for a real-time counting of a number of persons in a crowd by means of aggregated data of a telecommunication network

23:

• The method according to claim 22, wherein a surface element is identified as a relevant surface element if it verifies the following inequality:
• Dist(C,B)≤|Rs+R/(|,
• wherein C is the center of the Area of Interest, β is the center of the surface element, Dist(C, B) is the geographical distance between the center of the Area of Interest C and the center of the surface element B, Rs is the radius of the surface element, and Rk is the calculated radius value.

24:

• The method according to claim 22, further comprising for each calculated radius value:
• j) receiving a plurality of aggregated data regarding a usage of the mobile communication network referred to each one of the surface elements.

25:

• The method according to claim 24, wherein j) receiving a plurality of aggregated data regarding a usage of the mobile communication network for each one of the surface elements, comprises:
• receiving a set of aggregated data, each aggregated data of the set of the aggregated data being referred to a respective reference time interval which is a portion of an acquisition period during which aggregated data are collected.

27:

• The method according to claim 26, wherein the first number of User Equipment and/or each second number of User Equipment may be computed as a total number, an average number, or a maximum number of User Equipment in the relevant surface elements in the Area of Interest.

28:

• The method according to claim 22, wherein the e) combining the first number of User Equipment and the second numbers of User Equipment for obtaining a statistical quantity comprises:
• combining the second number of User Equipment of each one of the previous days to determine an average User Equipment number and a User Equipment number standard deviation.

30:

• The method according to claim 22, wherein the plurality of calculated radius values ranges from a minimum radius value to a maximum radius value, each calculated radius value being separated from a next radius value by an iteration width.

31:

• The method according to claim 22, wherein the h) estimating a number of persons gathering within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value comprises:
• k) defining a number of relevant surface elements among the surface elements in the covered geographic region, wherein the relevant surface elements are surface elements at least partially superimposed on the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value.

32:

• The method according to claim 31, wherein a surface element is identified as a relevant surface element if it verifies the following inequality:
• Dist(C,B)<|Rs+Ro|,
• wherein C is the center of the Area of Interest, β is the center of the surface element, Dist(C, B) is the geographical distance between the center of the Area of Interest C and the center of the surface element B, Rs is the radius of the surface element, and Ro is the optimum radius value.

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• The method according to claim 31, wherein the i) estimating a number of persons gathering within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value further comprises:
• computing a third number of User Equipment as a number of User Equipment within the relevant surface elements in the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value during the time interval on the basis of the aggregated data regarding a usage of the mobile communication network.

34:

• The method according to claim 33, wherein computing a third number of User Equipment, comprises:
• computing the third number of User Equipment on the basis of sets of aggregated data referred to respective reference time intervals within the observation time interval on the day.

35:

• The method according to claim 31, wherein the i) estimating a number of persons gathering within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value further comprises:
• computing a fourth number of User Equipment as a number of User Equipment within the relevant surface elements in the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value for each day of the predetermined number of previous days preceding the day on the basis of the aggregated data regarding a usage of the mobile communication network.

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• The method according to claim 35, wherein computing a fourth number of User Equipment, comprises:
• computing each fourth number of User Equipment on the basis of sets of aggregated data referred to respective reference time intervals within the observation time interval of the respective previous day of the predetermined number of previous days preceding the day.

37:

• The method according to claim 33, wherein the third number of User Equipment and/or each fourth number of User Equipment may be computed as a total number, an average number, or a maximum number of User Equipment in the relevant surface elements in the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value.

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• The method according to claim 35, wherein the i) estimating a number of persons gathering within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value further comprises:
• combining the fourth number of User Equipments of each one of the previous days to determine a further average User Equipment number, the further average User Equipment number providing an indication of an average number of persons normally comprised within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius values during the considered observation time interval in any days.

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• The method according to claim 38, wherein the i) estimating a number of persons gathering within the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value further comprises:
• combining the third number of User Equipment and the further average User Equipment number in order to obtain the number of persons gathering in the Area of Interest having the Area of Interest radius equal to the optimum radius value.

40:

• The method according to claim 39, wherein the combining the third number of User Equipment and the further average User Equipment number comprises subtracting the further average User Equipment number from the third number of User Equipment.

42:

• The system according to claim 41, further comprising at least one user interface configured to receive inputs from, and to provide output to a user of the system, the user comprising one or more human beings and/or one or more external computing systems subscriber of the services provided by the system.