Patent ID: 9316505
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An analysis method executed by a computer, the analysis method comprising: acquiring a plurality of trace data indicating where and when a plurality of communication devices existed respectively, the plurality of communication devices moving with a plurality of moving bodies; identifying one or more staying points based on the plurality of trace data, each of the staying points corresponding to a place where one of the communication devices stayed for a certain time period; determining a unique number and a simultaneous departure number for each of the identified staying points, the unique number representing a number of different communication devices among the plurality of communication devices that stayed at the staying point and the simultaneous departure number representing a number of communication devices among the plurality of communication devices that simultaneously depart the staying point; and categorizing the one or more staying points into any one of categories in accordance with the determined unique number and simultaneous departure number, the categories indicating, respectively, features regarding the place.