Patent ID: 8713045
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for tagging a location type, the method comprising: with a computer processor, collecting traveler information comprising at least one of a unique traveler identification and at least two or more stamp representative of a time and an associated location into an associated database; receiving a location query including a selected location type, an analysis period, and a selected threshold acceptance, wherein the selected threshold acceptance is representative of at least one of a percentage or a ratio of a total number of stamps during the analysis period; determining, for each of a plurality of locations, a quantity of stamps within a time interval corresponding to the selected location type, wherein each of the plurality of locations corresponds to a stop on an associated transportation system; determining, for each of the plurality of locations, total number of stamps during the analysis period; computing, for each of the plurality of locations, a minimum quantity of stamps to indicate the location is the selected location type as a function of the selected threshold acceptance and the total number of stamps during the analysis period; tagging locations of the plurality of locations in accordance with the selected location type based on the quantity of stamps within the time interval corresponding to the selected location type and the minimum quantity of stamps to indicate the location is the selected location type; retrieving map information geographically representative of the associated transportation system; populating a map corresponding to the retrieved map information with the each tagged location; and generating a representation of the populated map for display to a user on an associated user interface.