Location-type tagging using collected traveler data

A system for tagging a location type, the system comprising:

• a processor with access to associated memory, the associated memory storing an associated database comprising a plurality of locations and traveler information comprising a plurality of unique traveler identifications, and an associated plurality of stamps representative of a time and an associated location;
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• memory in communication with the processor, which stores instructions which are executed by the processor for:
• retrieving traveler information for each of the plurality of locations in the associated database responsive to a location query including a selected location type from a predetermined set of location types, an analysis period, and a selected threshold acceptance, wherein each of the plurality of locations corresponds to a stop on an associated transportation system, and wherein the selected threshold acceptance is representative of at least one of a percentage or a ratio of a total number of stamps during the analysis period,
• determining, for each of the plurality of locations, a quantity of stamps corresponding to the selected location type,
• determining, for each of the plurality of locations, a total number of stamps during the analysis period,
• computing, for each of the plurality of locations, a minimum quantity of stamps to indicate the location is the selected location type as a function of the selected threshold acceptance and the total number of stamps,
• tagging locations of the plurality of locations in accordance with the selected location type when the quantity of stamps within the time interval corresponding to the selected location type reaches a threshold value which is a function of the minimum quantity of stamps,
• retrieving map information geographically representative of an associated public transportation system,
• populating a map corresponding to the retrieved map information with the each tagged location, and
• generating a representation of the populated map for display to a user on an associated user interface.

A method for tagging a location type on an associated transportation system, the method comprising:

• with a computer processor, collecting traveler information comprising, for each a plurality of travelers, at least one of a unique identification associated with the traveler, a first stamp, and at least one of a second stamp, a third stamp, and a fourth stamp, each stamp including an associated time and a corresponding location from a set of locations associated with the transportation system;
• receiving a location query including a selected location type, and an analysis period;
• retrieving collected traveler information in accordance with the received location query for each of a plurality of the locations, wherein each of the plurality of locations corresponds to a stop on an associated transportation system;
• determining, for each of the plurality of locations, a quantity of at least one of the first stamps, second stamps, and fourth stamps stored in the associated database corresponding to the selected location type;
• determining, for each of the plurality of locations, a total number of stamps during the selected analysis period;
• computing, for each of the plurality of locations, a minimum quantity of stamps to indicate the location is the selected location type as a function of a threshold acceptance and the total number of stamps during the analysis period, the threshold acceptance selected from the group consisting of an error rate, a noise reduction rate, or a specificity rate;
• tagging locations in the plurality of locations in accordance with the selected location type based on the quantity of stamps corresponding to the selected location type and the minimum quantity of stamps to indicate the location is the selected location type;
• retrieving map information geographically representative of the associated public transportation system;
• populating a map corresponding to the retrieved map information with the each tagged location;
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• generating a representation of the populated map for display to a user on an associated user interface.