Patent ID: 9402155
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing an indication of one or more states of a geographic area, the method comprising: providing an application on a plurality of mobile devices enabling collection of measurements from sensors on the plurality of mobile devices; acquiring via the application sensor data comprising audio data based on sensor measurements comprising sound measurements taken by the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of locations; acquiring location data corresponding to the plurality of locations of the sensor measurements; determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of states of a geographic area corresponding to the plurality of locations based on the audio data and the location data, the plurality of states comprising a plurality of densities of people of the geographic area; and providing via the application an indication of the plurality of states of the geographic area to a particular user of one of the plurality of mobile devices, the indication comprising a mapping of the plurality of densities of people in the geographic area.