Method and system to automatically identify unknown identities

A node to automatically identify unknown identities of a target associated to a known identity, wherein the node is configured to:

• periodically collect positioning indicators indicating presence of a known identity of the target in at least one location;
• send a request to monitor users present in a target area covering a collected positioning indicator;
• receive a list of user identities;
• crosscheck between received lists;
• and identify a single or restricted number of identities that is common to the received lists, said single or restricted number of identities being unknown identities of a target associated to said known identity.

A node to automatically identify unknown identities of a target associated to a known identity, the node comprising:

• one or more circuits for periodically collecting positioning indicators indicating presence of a known identity of the target in at least one location;
• one or more circuits for sending a request to monitor users present in a target area covering a collected positioning indicator;
• one or more circuits for receiving a list of user identities;
• one or more circuits for crosschecking between received lists;
• and one or more circuits to identify a single or restricted number of identities that is common to the received lists, said single or restricted number of identities being unknown identities of a target associated to said known identity.

An arrangement to automatically identify unknown identities of a target associated to a known identity, the arrangement comprising one or more circuits configured to:

• periodically collect positioning indicators indicating presence of a known identity of the target in at least one location;
• interrogate at least one mobile network to fetch lists of identities of users located in at least one target area covering at least one collected positioning indicator;
• crosscheck between the fetched lists;
• and identify a single or restricted number of identities that is common to the fetched lists, said single or restricted number of identities being unknown identities of a target associated to said known identity.

An arrangement to automatically identify unknown identities of a target associated to a known identity, the arrangement comprising at least one processor, wherein:

• the at least one processor periodically collects positioning indicators indicating presence of a known identity of the target in at least one location;
• the at least one processor interrogates at least one mobile network to fetch lists of identities of users located in at least one target area covering at least one collected positioning indicator;
• the at least one processor crosschecks between the fetched lists;
• and the at least one processor identifies a single or restricted number of identities that is common to the fetched lists, said single or restricted number of identities being unknown identities of a target associated to said known identity.

An article of manufacture comprising a program storage memory having computer readable program code embodied therein to automatically identify unknown identities of a target associated to a known identity, the program code comprising:

• computer readable program code able to collect positioning indicators indicating presence of a known identity of the target in at least one location;
• computer readable program code able to interrogate at least one mobile network to fetch lists of identities of users located in at least one target area covering at least one collected positioning indicator;
• computer readable program code able to crosscheck between the fetched lists;
• and computer readable program code able to identify a single or restricted number of identities that is common to the fetched lists, said single or restricted number of identities being unknown identities of a target associated to said known identity.