# US 2019/0320294 A1 · Location information processing method and apparatus, storage medium and processor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0320294 A1 - Document ID: US20190320294A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/456,051 - Filed: 2019-06-28 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-11 - Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Inventors: Qingchun MENG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190320294A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G01C 21/34: Route searching; Route guidance - G08G 1/005: including pedestrian guidance indicator - G08G 1/012: {from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks} - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - G08G 1/20: {Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles} - H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A location information processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a processor are provided. The method includes obtaining motion information of a plurality of first terminals at a current moment; generating a location sequence of the plurality of first terminals according to the motion information, the location sequence indicating correspondence between locations of the plurality of first terminals and one or more future moments; receiving a first viewing request from a target terminal, the first viewing request requesting to view locations of the plurality of first terminals at a target moment, the target moment being one of the future moments; searching the location sequence for the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment according to the first viewing request; and sending indication information to the target terminal, the indication information indicating the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A location information processing method, the location information processing method being performed by a server and comprising: obtaining motion information of a plurality of first terminals at a current moment; generating a location sequence of the plurality of first terminals according to the motion information, the location sequence indicating correspondence between locations of the plurality of first terminals and one or more future moments; receiving a first viewing request from a target terminal, the first viewing request requesting to view locations of the plurality of first terminals at a target moment, the target moment being one of the future moments; searching the location sequence for the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment according to the first viewing request; and sending indication information to the target terminal, the indication information indicating the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining first location information based on locations of the plurality of first terminals corresponding to the target moment from the location sequence; sifting out locations of the plurality of first terminals inside the first target area from the first location information, to obtain second location information; and generating the indication information according to the second location information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving a second viewing request from the target terminal, the second viewing request requesting to view traffic condition information of a second target area at the target moment; and obtaining locations of the plurality of first terminals corresponding to the target moment from the location sequence according to the second viewing request, to obtain third location information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, further comprising: counting the first terminals inside the second target area according to the third location information; determining the traffic condition information according to a quantity of the first terminals; and sending the traffic condition information to the target terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining current locations, current moving speeds, and moving paths of the plurality of first terminals; and generating the location sequence according to the current locations, the current moving speeds, and the moving paths of the plurality of first terminals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, further comprising: determining a location of each first terminal at each moment in a target time sequence according to the current location, the current moving speed, and the moving path of the first terminal, the target time sequence comprising the one or more future moments. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, further comprising: identifying the target time sequence having the locations of the plurality of first terminals as the location sequence, each moment in the location sequence corresponding to locations of the plurality of first terminals. ### Claim 8 A location information processing method, the location information processing method being performed by a terminal and comprising: sending a first viewing request to a server, the first viewing request requesting to view locations of a plurality of first terminals at a target moment, the server searching a location sequence for the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment according to the first viewing request; and receiving indication information from the server according to the first viewing request, the indication information indicating the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment; and displaying the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the location sequence is generated by the server according to motion information of the plurality of first terminals at a current moment and indicates correspondences between locations of the plurality of first terminals and one or more future moments, and the target moment is any one of the future one or more moments. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: presenting a target time sequence, the target time sequence comprising the one or more future moments; receiving indication information, the indication information indicating one of the moments that is selected from the target time sequence as the target moment; and generating the first viewing request according to the indication information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the first viewing request further comprises a first target area, the first viewing request requesting to view locations of the first terminals in the first target area at the target moment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: receiving indication information from the server, the indication information indicating the locations of the plurality of first terminals inside the first target area at the target moment; and displaying the locations of the plurality of first terminals inside the first target area at the target moment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: sending a second viewing request to the server, the second viewing request requesting to view traffic condition information of a second target area at the target moment; receiving the traffic condition information from the server; and displaying the traffic condition information of the second target area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the server determines the traffic condition information according to a quantity of the first terminals inside the second target area at the target moment, the quantity of the first terminals inside the second target area being counted by the server according to third location information, the third location information being the locations of the plurality of first terminals corresponding to the target moment obtained by the server from the location sequence according to the second viewing request. ### Claim 15 A location information processing apparatus, comprising: one or more processors and one or more memories storing program units, the program units being executed by the processor, and the program units comprising: a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain motion information of a plurality of first terminals at a current moment; a first generating unit, configured to generate a location sequence of the plurality of first terminals according to the motion information, the location sequence representing correspondences between locations of the plurality of first terminals and one or more future moments; a first receiving unit, configured to receive a first viewing request from a target terminal, the first viewing request requesting to view the locations of the plurality of first terminals at a target moment, the target moment being any one of the one or more moments; a searching unit, configured to search the location sequence for locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment according to the first viewing request; and a first sending unit, configured to send indication information to the target terminal, the indication information indicating the locations of the plurality of first terminals at the target moment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the first viewing request requesting to view the locations of the plurality of first terminals inside a first target area at the target moment, and the searching unit comprises: a first obtaining module, configured to obtain locations of the plurality of first terminals corresponding to the target moment from the location sequence, to obtain the first location information; a sifting module, configured to sift out locations of the plurality of first terminals inside the first target area from the first location information, to obtain second location information; and a first generation module, configured to generate the indication information according to the second location information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising: a second receiving unit, configured to receive a second viewing request from the target terminal after a location sequence of the plurality of first terminals is generated according to the motion information, the second viewing request requesting to view traffic condition information of a second target area at the target moment; and a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain locations of the plurality of first terminals corresponding to the target moment from the location sequence according to the second viewing request, to obtain third location information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: a counting unit, configured to count first terminals inside the second target area according to the third location information; a determining unit, configured to determine the traffic condition information according to a quantity of the first terminals; and a second sending unit, configured to send the traffic condition information to the target terminal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the first obtaining unit comprises a second obtaining module, configured to obtain current locations, current moving speeds, and moving paths of the plurality of first terminals. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the first obtaining unit comprises a second obtaining module, configured to obtain current locations, current moving speeds, and moving paths of the plurality of first terminals; and the first generating unit comprises a second generation module, configured to generate the location sequence according to the current locations, the current moving speeds, and the moving paths of the plurality of first terminals.