Patent ID: 8700539
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer, trip data of a first user associated with a first mobile device, wherein the trip data of the first user relates to a trip by the first user and includes first position information determined by an automated navigation engine of the first mobile device, wherein the first position information indicates one or more positions of the first mobile device, each of the one or more positions of the first mobile device being a position of the first mobile device at an instance of time; receiving, by the computer, trip data of a second user associated with a second mobile device, wherein the trip data of the second user relates to a trip by the second user and includes second position information determined by an automated navigation engine of the second mobile device, wherein the second position information indicates one or more positions of the second mobile device, each of the one or more positions of the second mobile device being a position of the second mobile device at an instance of time; determining, by the computer, whether the trip data of the second user matches the trip data of the first user; determining, by the computer, whether profile information of the second user matches profile information of the first user; and in response to determining that the trip data associated with the second user matches the trip data of the first user and to determining that the profile information of the second user matches the profile information of the first user: