Patent ID: 9374661
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, performed by a computing system having a processor, for estimating the travel path of a plurality of unique devices, the method comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of mobile sensor devices, encounter data comprising a plurality of encounters, each encounter specifying an indication of a unique device detected by the mobile sensor device, a location, and a time, wherein encounter data received from a first mobile sensor device and encounter data received from a second mobile sensor device include at least one encounter specifying an indication of a first unique device; based at least in part on the received encounter data, identifying a plurality of unique devices detected by the mobile sensor devices; and for each of the identified detected unique devices, identifying encounters of the identified detected device from the received encounter data; chronologically ordering the identified encounters for the identified detected device from the received encounter data; determining at least one directed line segment for the identified detected device based at least in part on the received encounter data, each directed line segment beginning at a first encounter of the identified detected device and ending at the next chronological encounter of the identified detected device, and based at least in part on the at least one directed line segment determined for the identified detected device, estimating a route for at least one trip for the identified detected device, wherein each directed line segment comprises exactly two encounters.