US 9,544,721 B2Granted

Address point data mining

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsFrancois M. Jouaux, Guy L. Tribble, Rama Krishna Chitta

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Abstract

Techniques for address point data mining are described. An address point data mining method, system, or program product can determine geographic coordinates of an address based on geographic locations of one or more user devices. Each user device can be a mobile device operable to determine a location using a global navigation system (e.g., GPS), wireless signal triangulation, or other techniques. During the course of a time period (e.g., a day or week), the user device can stay at a location for a significant amount of time. The system can crosscheck this location with a geocoded geographic coordinates of a registered address (e.g., a billing address) that is associated with the mobile device. The system can determine whether the geocoded geographic coordinates are accurate based on result of the crosscheck.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining a location of a mobile device;
determining, based on account information of a user of the mobile device, an address associated with the user;
determining assumed geographic coordinates of the address;
confirming that the assumed geographic coordinates indicate a geographical location of the address in response to determining that a plurality of conditions have been satisfied, the plurality of conditions including:
a first condition that the location of the mobile device is designated as a significant location of the user, wherein the mobile device designates the location of the mobile device as the significant location upon determining that, according to a series of location readings, the mobile device stayed for more than a threshold amount of time at the location;
and
a second condition that a distance between the significant location and the assumed geographic coordinates satisfies a match threshold distance that corresponds to a count of the location readings in the series, wherein a lower count corresponds to a larger match threshold distance;
and
upon the confirming, storing the assumed geographic coordinates in association with the address,
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

7 more elements

A system comprising:

one or more computing devices;
and
a non-transitory storage device storing computer instructions operable to cause the one or more computing device to perform operations comprising:
determining a location of a mobile device;
determining, based on account information of a user of the mobile device, a address associated with the user;
determining assumed geographic coordinates of the address;
confirming that the assumed geographic coordinates indicate a geographical location of the address in response to determining that a plurality of conditions have been satisfied, the plurality of conditions including:
a first condition that the location of the mobile device is designated as a significant location of the user, wherein the mobile device designates the location of the mobile device as the significant location upon determining that, according to a series of location readings, the mobile device stayed for more than a threshold amount of time at the location;
and
a second condition that a distance between the significant location and the assumed geographic coordinates satisfies a match threshold distance that corresponds to a count of the location readings in the series, wherein a lower count corresponds to a larger match threshold distance;
and
upon the confirming, storing the assumed geographic coordinates in association with the address.

9 more elements

A non-transitory storage device storing computer instructions operable to cause one or more computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining a location of a mobile device;
determining, based on account information of a user of the mobile device, an address associated with the user;
determining assumed geographic coordinates of the address;
confirming that the assumed geographic coordinates indicate a geographical location of the address in response to determining that a plurality of conditions have been satisfied, the plurality of conditions including:
a first condition that the location of the mobile device is designated as a significant location of the user, wherein the mobile device designates the location of the mobile device as the significant location upon determining that, according to a series of location readings, the mobile device stayed for more than a threshold amount of time at the location;
and
a second condition that a distance between the significant location and the assumed geographic coordinates satisfies a match threshold distance that corresponds to a count of the location readings in the series, wherein a lower count corresponds to a larger match threshold distance;
and
upon the confirming, storing the assumed geographic coordinates in association with the address.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/952,494Filed 26 Jul 2013
Published: US 2015/0031397 A129 Jan 2015
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
G01S 5/02
Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance…:…
G01S 2205/09
Specially adapted for specific applications: for tracking people