Patent ID: 8812018
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices, the system comprising: a data extracting module operably connected to a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices, the data extracting module configured to extract connection-related data from the mobile access network, the connection-related data being primarily used by the mobile access network for purposes other than location determination, the connection-related data including cell identifiers for the mobile communication devices; a location module operably connected to the data extracting module, the location module configured to process the connection-related data to retrieve the cell identifiers to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices with respect to cell areas supported by the mobile access network; and a predictive analytics module operably connected to the location module, the predictive analytics module configured to perform predictive analytics using at least the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices, the predictive analytics module being further configured to use carrier-provided location predictive indicators for the mobile communication devices in addition to the determined latest locations of the mobile communication devices to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices, wherein operations of the data extracting module, the location module and the predictive analytics module are executed using one or more processors.