Patent ID: 8560236
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a location server, a request to identify likely locations of a possessor of a mobile electronic device; determining, by the location server and for each of a plurality of possible travel routes, one or more likely locations for the mobile electronic device along the respective possible travel route, based on one or more known past speeds, one or more known past locations of the mobile electronic device, and one or more elapsed times since the past speeds and past locations were known; assigning, by the location server, a probability to each of the likely locations along the plurality of possible travel routes; adjusting, by the location server and for each of one or more of the likely locations, the probability associated with the likely location based on one or more characteristics associated with the possessor of the mobile device; and after adjusting the probability, providing a map of at least some of the likely locations, wherein the map includes one or more curves that connect likely locations with equal probabilities.