Patent ID: 8321509
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: obtaining current locations of a plurality of users of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the plurality of users being a user of a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices; receiving a request from a requesting device; establishing a bounding region for the request; identifying one or more starting spots within the bounding region for the request; and iteratively identifying crowds each including three or more of the plurality of users, generating crowd data for the crowds, determining a needed number of follow-up requests based on at least one of a number of starting spots and a size of the bounding region, and returning the crowd data for the crowds and the needed number of follow-up requests to the requesting device for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting spots.