Systems, methods, and computer program products for estimating crowd sizes using information collected from mobile devices in a wireless communications network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJayaraman Ramachandran
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products are for estimating crowd size at a location. An exemplary method includes determining, at a crowd size analyzer, a number of wireless service users at the location, and estimating, at the crowd size analyzer, a total number of people at the location based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processor, a number of wireless service users at a location;
- estimating, by the processor, a total number of people at the location based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location and based upon a statistical model;
- and
- calibrating the statistical model based upon market research relating to operator coverage in the location and a known number of wireless service users associated with each of a plurality of wireless service operators, at the location, by comparing the estimated total number of people at the location with the known number of wireless service users associated with each of the plurality of wireless service operators, at the location.
A system, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a number of wireless service users at a location;
- estimating a total number of people at the location based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location by executing a statistical model;
- and
- calibrating the statistical model based upon market research relating to operator coverage in the location and a known number of wireless service users associated with each of a plurality of wireless service operators, at the location by comparing the estimated total number of people at the location with the known number of wireless service users, associated with each of the plurality of wireless service operators, at the location.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a number of wireless service users at a location;
- estimating a total number of people at the location, based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location, by executing a statistical model;
- and
- calibrating the statistical model based upon market research relating to operator coverage in the location and a known number of wireless service users associated with each of a plurality of wireless service operators, at the location by comparing the estimated total number of people at the location with the known number of wireless service users, associated with each of the plurality of wireless service operators, at the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.