Patent ID: 9576295
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of operating a consumer analytics system in which information about one or more consumers is generated at least in part based on applying a visit detection process for identifying settings corresponding to physical locations visited by the one or more consumers to location data relating to the one or more consumers, the method comprising: receiving input provided by a consumer identifying a setting visited by the consumer at a time; receiving, from a mobile device operated by the consumer, a plurality of units of location data obtained by the mobile device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, an Assisted GPS receiver, or a wireless network to which the mobile device is connected, each of the plurality of units of location data indicating a respective location of the consumer; identifying, based at least in part on the plurality of units of location data, a physical location of the consumer at the time; and adjusting, using at least one processor and based at least in part on the input provided by the consumer and the physical location of the consumer, the visit detection process for identifying settings visited by the one or more consumers, wherein the visit detection process comprises: wherein adjusting the visit detection process comprises: