US 2021/0243714 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING PROXIMAL GROUPINGS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Abstract

Embodiments described herein generate proximal groupings of wireless signals based upon the temporal persistence and spatial proximity of the wireless signals as observed by a plurality of observer devices. For example, a first observer device may observe a first set of wireless signals at a first timepoint and a second observer device may observe a second set of wireless signals at a second timepoint. The first observer device may again observe a third set of wireless signals at a third timepoint. Based upon these observations, a server may generate a proximal grouping a wireless signals containing a subset of the first, second, third of wireless signals based upon temporal persistence and spatial proximity. Temporal persistence may be based upon the repeated observations of the subset of wireless signals across different timepoints and the spatial proximity may be based upon the proximity of locations of the observer devices.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computer from a first observer device, identification information of a first set of wireless signals observed by the first observer device at a first timepoint at a first location;
receiving, by the computer from a second observer device, identification information of a second set of wireless signals observed by the second observer device at a second timepoint at a second location proximate to the first location;
receiving, by the computer from the first observer device, identification information of a third set of wireless signals observed by the first observer device at a third timepoint at a third location proximate to the first and second locations;
and
generating, by the computer, a proximal grouping of wireless signals containing a subset of the first, second, and third set of wireless signals based on a temporal persistence of the subset of wireless signals across the first, second, and third timepoints and a spatial proximity of the subset of wireless signals as indicated by the first, second, and third locations.

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A system comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium storing a plurality of computer program instructions;
and
a processor electrically coupled to the non-transitory storage medium and configured to execute the plurality of computer program instructions to:
receive from a first observer device, identification information of a first set of wireless signals observed by the first observer device at a first timepoint at a first location;
receive from a second observer device, identification information of a second set of wireless signals observed by the second observer device at a second timepoint at a second location proximate to the first location;
receive from the first observer device, identification information of a third set of wireless signals observed by the first observer device at a third timepoint at a third location proximate to the first and second locations;
and
generate a proximal grouping of wireless signals containing a subset of the first, second, and third set of wireless signals based on a temporal persistence of the subset of wireless signals across the first, second, and third timepoints and a spatial proximity of the subset of wireless signals as indicated by the first, second, and third locations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for generating and updating proximal groupings of electronic devices

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Systems and methods for generating and updating proximal groupings of electronic devices

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