Patent Publication Number: US-9906913-B2

Title: Method for predicting position of mobile user, and equipment

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/088464, filed on Oct. 13, 2014, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310518476.X, filed on Oct. 28, 2013, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for predicting a position of a mobile user, and equipment. 
     BACKGROUND 
     With rapid development of a geographic information system, a mobile positioning technology, a wireless communications network, an intelligent terminal technology, and a sensor technology, a situational intelligence application also undergoes rapid development. In the situational intelligence application, how to predict a target geographical position of a mobile user is extremely important for openness of the situational intelligence application. 
     In the prior art, multiple historical geographical positions that are frequently visited by a mobile user are recorded. When a target geographical position of the mobile user is being predicted, the target geographical position of the mobile user is selected from the multiple historical geographical positions according to a preset prediction model. 
     However, at an initial stage of prediction, due to a lack of sufficient information about historical geographical positions, selection of the target geographical position of the mobile user may be greatly limited, which leads to a low accuracy of the target geographical position of the mobile user. 
     SUMMARY 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for predicting a position of a mobile user, and equipment in order to improve accuracy of a target geographical position of a mobile user. 
     According to a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for predicting a position of a mobile user, including determining an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, determining the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and predicting a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the historical activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, and the public activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of another mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of a public behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule includes determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity, and determining the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the predicting a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user includes determining whether the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in a historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, where the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position corresponding to the target behavioral activity, if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predicting the target geographical position of the mobile user according to the historical behavioral activity record, and if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predicting the target geographical position of the mobile user according to a geographical position that is within a first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to the third possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the determining an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of the mobile user includes acquiring a current geographical position and current time of the mobile user, determining, according to the current geographical position, distribution of a point of interest that is of the mobile user and within a second preset geographical position range, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest, or acquiring sense data corresponding to the mobile user, determining a motion state of the mobile user according to the sense data, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the motion state of the mobile user, or acquiring a background voice of a current geographical position of the mobile user, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the background voice. 
     With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, there is a correspondence between the current time, each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity, and the determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest includes determining a ratio of each of the point of interest according to the distribution of the point of interest, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user at the current time according to the ratio of each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity corresponding to each of the point of interest. 
     According to a second aspect, the present disclosure provides user equipment, including a first probability determining module configured to determine an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, a second probability determining module configured to determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, a behavioral activity determining module configured to determine the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and a predicting module configured to predict a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the historical activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, and the public activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of another mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of a public behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the second probability determining module is configured to determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity, and determine the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the predicting module is configured to determine whether the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in a historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, where the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position corresponding to the target behavioral activity, if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predict the target geographical position of the mobile user according to the historical behavioral activity record, and if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predict the target geographical position of the mobile user according to a geographical position that is within a first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity. 
     With reference to the second aspect or any one of the first to the third possible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the first probability determining module is configured to acquire a current geographical position and current time of the mobile user, determine, according to the current geographical position, distribution of a point of interest that is of the mobile user and within a second preset geographical position range, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest, or acquire sense data corresponding to the mobile user, determine a motion state of the mobile user according to the sense data, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the motion state of the mobile user, or acquire a background voice of a current geographical position of the mobile user, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the background voice. 
     With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, there is a correspondence between the current time, each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity, and the first probability determining module is further configured to determine a ratio of each of the point of interest according to the distribution of the point of interest, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user at the current time according to the ratio of each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity corresponding to each of the point of interest. 
     According to the method for predicting a position of a mobile user, and the equipment provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, user equipment determines an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, determines an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, determines the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and predicts a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. In the present disclosure, in a case in which there is no large number of historical activity migration rules of the mobile user, the target geographical position of the mobile user is determined using the public activity migration rule, which improves accuracy of the target geographical position. In addition, in the embodiments, a geographical position that does not appear in the historical activity migration rule of the mobile user may further be predicted using the public activity migration rule in order to obtain the target geographical position, thereby improving universal applicability of the method for predicting a position of a mobile user. 
    
    
     
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       To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of user equipment according to the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of user equipment according to the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user according to the present disclosure. The method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in this embodiment may be implemented using user equipment, where the user equipment may be implemented using software and/or hardware. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in this embodiment includes the following steps: 
     Step  101 : Determine an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user. 
     Step  102 : Determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule. 
     Step  103 : Determine the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     Step  104 : Predict a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     In a specific implementation process, the user equipment determines the target geographical position of the mobile user, where the target geographical position refers to a destination that the mobile user may need to go next when being located in a current geographical position. For example, when the target geographical position of the mobile user is predicted as a frequently visited shopping center, information about discounts and sales promotion of a shop may be pushed to the mobile user in advance, which saves time of the user and also improves user experience, or when the target geographical position of the mobile user is known as home, the mobile user is reminded to buy flour on the way back from work, and turn on an air conditioner at home by means of remote control, and in addition, traffic status of road sections are sent to the user equipment. 
     A person skilled in the art may understand that the foregoing embodiment describes only some application processes of the target geographical position of the mobile user, but not all application processes, and for other application processes of the target geographical position of the mobile user, details are not described in this embodiment again. 
     The following describes in detail how to determine the target geographical position of the mobile user in this embodiment. 
     In step  101 , the user equipment first determines the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, which may be implemented in the following possible implementation manners: 
     One possible implementation manner is to acquire a current geographical position and current time of the mobile user, determine, according to the current geographical position, distribution of a point of interest that is of the mobile user and within a second preset geographical position range, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest. 
     Behavioral activities of the mobile user in daily life are dining, working, shopping, and the like, and it is assumed that there are M kinds of behavioral activities, where M is a natural number. Each behavioral activity is corresponding to one point of interest (POI), and the point of interest may be a restaurant, a mall, an office building, and the like, where it is assumed that there are N kinds of points of interest, and N is a natural number. 
     Particularly, there is a correspondence between the current time, each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity. The correspondence may be indicated using a condition occurrence probability p(Act i |POI k ,T), where Act i  represents the occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, POI k  represents the point of interest, and T represents the current time, which may be shown in table 1, where the occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user may be an empirical value given by an expert, or may be acquired by means of statistics according to collected multiple historical activity records of the mobile user. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 Working 
                 Shopping 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
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                 Restaurant 
                 0.5 
                 0.5 
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                 Mall 
                 0.3 
                 0.1 
                 0.6 
               
               
                   
                 Office building 
                 0.05 
                 0.9 
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                 11:30-13:30  
                 Restaurant 
                 0.7 
                 0.3 
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                 Mall 
                 0.4 
                 0.1 
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                 Office building 
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                 0.85 
                 0.05 
               
               
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     When the current time is in the time period from 8:00 to 11:30, as shown in table 1, when the point of interest is the office building, an occurrence sub-probability that the current behavioral activity of the mobile user is dining is 0.05, an occurrence sub-probability of working is 0.9, and an occurrence sub-probability of shopping is 0.05. 
     Because many points of interest exist in the second preset geographical position range that is relative to the current geographical position of the mobile user, a ratio of the point of interest is determined according to the distribution of the point of interest, and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user at the current time is determined according to the ratio of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity corresponding to each of the point of interest. 
     All the points of interest in the second preset geographical position range are obtained by searching according to coordinates of the current geographical position of the mobile user, and relative to all the points of interest, occurrence sub-probabilities of the same current behavioral activity are summed to obtain the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity in the current geographical position, as shown in formula 1: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Act i  represents the occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, POI k  represents the point of interest, T represents the current time, Loc represents the current geographical position, and N represents a quantity of points of interest. P k  is a ratio of a quantity of points of interest that are of a same type to all the points of interest, where p k  (0≦p k ≦1). For example, when the point of interest is restaurant, P k  is 0.4, when the point of interest is mall, P k  is 0.3, and when the point of interest is office building, P k  is 0.3. 
     When the current time is in the time period from 8:00 to 11:30, and the current behavioral activity is dining, the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity is P=0.4×0.5+0.3×0.3+0.3×0.05=0.305, when the current behavioral activity is working, the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity is P=0.4×0.5+0.3×0.1+0.3×0.9=0.5, and when the current behavioral activity is shopping, the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity is P=0.4×0+0.3×0.6+0.3×0.05=0.195. 
     Another possible implementation manner is to acquire sense data corresponding to the mobile user, determine a motion state of the mobile user according to the sense data, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the motion state of the mobile user. 
     The motion state (motionless, walking, riding) of the mobile user is determined using a motion sensor (such as an acceleration sensor or a gyroscope) on the user equipment, or it is determined, using a light sensor, a barometer, and a Global Position System (GPS), whether the current geographical position of the mobile user is indoor/outdoor. The motion state of the mobile user is determined by comprehensively applying the foregoing various types of sense data and by means of occurrence probability reasoning, rule reasoning and the like, and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined according to the motion state of the mobile user. A person skilled in the art may understand that there is a correspondence between the motion state and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity may be determined according to the correspondence. 
     Still another possible implementation manner is to acquire a background voice of the current geographical position of the mobile user, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the background voice. 
     The background voice of the mobile user is collected using a microphone of the user equipment, and a special sound is identified or a scenario analysis is performed by preprocessing data of the background voice and extracting a Mel frequency cepstrum coefficient (MFCC), a zero-crossing rate, short-time energy, and the like. Therefore, an activity of the mobile user may be speculated according to the background voice. If an impact sound of tableware appears in the background voice, the current behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined as dining, and if there is a sound that multiple people are having a discussion at the same time, the current behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined as a meeting. A person skilled in the art may understand that there is a correspondence between the background voice and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, and the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity may be determined according to the correspondence. 
     In step  102 , the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, the historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and the public activity migration rule, where the historical activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, and the public activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of another mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of a public behavioral activity. 
     Detailed description is provided in the following using a specific embodiment. 
     First, according to a universal public activity migration rule of mobile users, the occurrence probability p common (Act i |Act i-1 ) that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity is obtained, as shown in table 2. The public activity migration rule may be an empirical value given by an expert, or may be acquired by means of statistics according to collected historical activity records of multiple mobile users. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Dining 
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                 0.6 
                 0.4 
               
               
                   
                 Working 
                 0.8 
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                 0.2 
               
               
                   
                 Shopping 
                 0.9 
                 0.1 
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     In addition, if the historical activity migration rule is known, the occurrence probability p personal  (Act i |Act i-1 ) that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity may also be obtained, where the historical activity migration rule may be obtained through multiple ways, for example, data may be collected by specially developing software that makes the mobile user actively cooperate to annotate the current behavioral activity, or may be obtained using a check-in service in a third-party location based service (LBS) that is once used by the mobile user, or may be extracted from a recorded electronic diary of the mobile user, and a schedule in a calendar. A person skilled in the art may understand that the historical activity migration rule may also be shown as Table 2, and details are not described in this embodiment again. 
     Then, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity may be implemented using the following formula: 
                       P   l     ⁡     (       Act   next     =   act     )       =       α   ⁡     (   t   )       ·       ∑     i   =   1     M     ⁢       p   ⁡     (       Act   current     =     b   i       )       ·       p   personal     ⁡     (       Act   next     =       act   ❘     Act   current       =     b   i         )                     (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   2     )               
where, p l (Act next =act) represents the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity, α(t) represents the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, p personal (Act next =act|Act current =b i ) represents the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and p(Act current =b i ) represents the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, M represents a quantity of behavioral activities, and M is a natural number.
 
     For example, in a possible implementation manner in step  101 , when the current behavioral activity is determined as dining, the occurrence probability is 0.305, when the current behavioral activity is working, the occurrence probability is 0.5, and when the current behavioral activity is shopping, the occurrence probability is 0.195. 
     If α(t)=0.6, and the historical activity migration rule is also shown as Table 2, when the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity is shopping, the occurrence probability is p l (Act next =act)=0.6×(0.305×0.4+0.5×0.2+0.195×0)=0.1332, when the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity is dining, the occurrence probability is p l (Act next =act)=0.6×(0.305×0+0.5×0.8+0.195×0.9)=0.3453, and when the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity is working, the occurrence probability is p l (Ac next =act)=0.6×(0.305×0.6+0.5×0+0.195×0.1)=0.2025. 
     In addition, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity may be implemented using the following formula: 
                       P   g     ⁡     (       Act   next     =   act     )       =       (     1   -     α   ⁡     (   t   )         )     ·       ∑     i   =   1     M     ⁢       p   ⁡     (       Act   current     =     b   i       )       ·       p   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     =       act   ❘     Act   current       =     b   i         )                     (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   3     )               
where, p g (Act next =act) represents the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity, (1−α(t)) represents the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity, p common (Act next =act|Act current =b i ) represents the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, M represents a quantity of behavioral activities, and M is a natural number.
 
     In a specific implementation process, for an implementation manner of determining the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity, reference may be made to an implementation manner of determining the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity, and details are not described herein again. 
     A person skilled in the art may understand that α(t) is the weighting factor, and α(t) increases with time, because as time goes by, collected information about a user activity rule continuously increases, and a personal activity rule may gradually play a leading role in a prediction. 
     Finally, the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity. 
     In a specific implementation process, the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity are summed in a case in which a same current behavioral activity is converted into a same target behavioral activity such that the occurrence probability P(Act next =act) of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user is obtained, that is,
 
 p (Act next =act)= P   l (Act next =act)+ P   g (Act next =act)  (Formula 4)
 
     In step  103 , the target behavioral activity of the mobile user is determined according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     A target behavioral activity with a maximum occurrence probability is selected as the target behavioral activity. 
     In step  104 : the target geographical position of the mobile user is predicted according to the target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     It is determined whether the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in a historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, where the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position corresponding to the target behavioral activity, if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, the target geographical position of the mobile user is predicted according to the historical behavioral activity record, and if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, the target geographical position of the mobile user is predicted according to a geographical position that is within a first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity. 
     In a specific implementation process, the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position that is once visited by the mobile user. When the target behavioral activity exists in the historical behavioral activity record, the target geographical position of the mobile user is predicted according to the historical geographical position that is once visited by the mobile user, that is, 
                     Loc   next     =       arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max   ⁢           ⁢       Num   personal     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   i       )                 (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   5     )               
where, next Num personal (Act next ,loc i ) indicates a quantity of times that an activity Act next  happens in a position loc i  in the historical behavioral activity record, and
 
               arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max         
represents selecting loc i  that maximizes Num personal (Act next ,loc i ).
 
     When the target behavioral activity does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record, the target geographical position may be a geographical position that is within the first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity, and a probability that the target geographical position is locx is related to a distance between the target geographical position locx and a current geographical position, and a quantity of times that another mobile user undertakes the target behavioral activity Act next  in the target geographical position locx, that is, 
                     p   ⁡     (       Loc   next     =     loc   x       )       =       arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max   ⁢           ⁢     Ψ   ⁡     (       dist   ⁡     (       Loc   next     ,     loc   x       )       ,       Num   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   x       )         )                 (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   6     )               
where, ψ(.) decreases with the increase of dist(Loc next ,loc x ) and increases with the increase of Num common (Act next ,loc x ), dist(Loc next ,loc x ) indicates a distance between locx and a current position, Num common (Act next ,loc x ) indicates the quantity of times that the other mobile user undertakes the target behavioral activity Act next , in locx, and
 
               arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max         
represents selecting locx that maximizes ψ(dist(Loc next ,loc x ),Num common (Act next ,loc x )
 
     Particularly, there is no limitation on a specific form of ψ(.), which may be 
                         arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max   ⁢           ⁢     Ψ   ⁡     (       dist   ⁡     (       Loc   next     ,     loc   x       )       ,       Num   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   x       )         )         =         Num   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   x       )         dist   ⁡     (       Loc   next     ,     loc   x       )           ,           (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   7     )               
or may be
 
                       arg     loc   i       ⁢           ⁢   max   ⁢           ⁢     Ψ   ⁡     (       dist   ⁡     (       Loc   next     ,     loc   x       )       ,       Num   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   x       )         )         =       β   ·       Rank   near     ⁡     (     dist   ⁡     (       Loc   next     ,     loc   x       )       )         +       (     1   -   β     )     ⁢       Rank   freq     ⁡     (       Num   common     ⁡     (       Act   next     ,     loc   x       )       )                   (     Formula   ⁢           ⁢   8     )               
where, Rank near (.) indicates a ranking of distances between locx and current positions in ascending order, Rank freq  indicates a ranking of times that other mobile users undertake the target behavioral activity Act next  in locx in descending order, and βε(0,1) is the weighting factor.
 
     Finally, a target geographical position with a maximum probability is selected as the target geographical position of the mobile user. 
     According to the present disclosure, user equipment determines an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, determines an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, determines the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and predicts a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. In the present disclosure, in a case in which there is no large number of historical activity migration rules of the mobile user, the target geographical position of the mobile user is determined using the public activity migration rule, which improves accuracy of the target geographical position. In addition, in this embodiment, a geographical position that does not appear in the historical activity migration rule of the mobile user may further be predicted using the public activity migration rule in order to obtain the target geographical position, thereby improving universal applicability of the method for predicting a position of a mobile user. 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of user equipment according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 2 , the user equipment  20  provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first probability determining module  201 , a second probability determining module  202 , a behavioral activity determining module  203 , and a predicting module  204 , where the first probability determining module  201  is configured to determine an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, the second probability determining module  202  is configured to determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, the behavioral activity determining module  203  is configured to determine the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and the predicting module  204  is configured to predict a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     The user equipment provided in this embodiment may be used to perform a technical solution of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure, and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
     Optionally, the historical activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, and the public activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of another mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of a public behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the second probability determining module  202  is configured to determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, determine an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity, and determine the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the predicting module  204  is configured to determine whether the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in a historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, where the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position corresponding to the target behavioral activity, if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predict the target geographical position of the mobile user according to the historical behavioral activity record, and if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predict the target geographical position of the mobile user according to a geographical position that is within a first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the first probability determining module  201  is configured to acquire a current geographical position and current time of the mobile user, determine, according to the current geographical position, distribution of a point of interest that is of the mobile user and within a second preset geographical position range, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest, or acquire sense data corresponding to the mobile user, determine a motion state of the mobile user according to the sense data, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the motion state of the mobile user, or acquire a background voice of a current geographical position of the mobile user, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the background voice. 
     Optionally, there is a correspondence between the current time, each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity. 
     The first probability determining module  201  is further configured to determine a ratio of each of the point of interest according to the distribution of the point of interest, and determine the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user at the current time according to the ratio of each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity corresponding to each of the point of interest. 
     The user equipment provided in this embodiment may be used to perform a technical solution of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure, and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of user equipment according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 3 , the user equipment  30  provided in this embodiment includes a processor  301  and a memory  302 . Optionally, the user equipment  30  may further include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver may be connected to the processor  301 , where the transmitter is configured to send data or information, the receiver is configured to receive data or information, and the memory  302  stores execution instructions, when the user equipment  30  runs, the processor  301  communicates with the memory  302 , and the processor  301  invokes the execution instructions in the memory  302  to perform the following operations determining an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule, determining the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user, and predicting a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user. 
     The user equipment provided in this embodiment may be used to perform a technical solution of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure, and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
     Optionally, the historical activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, and the public activity migration rule includes an occurrence probability, determined according to a historical behavioral activity of another mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and a weighting factor of a public behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user, a historical activity migration rule of the mobile user, and a public activity migration rule includes determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the historical behavioral activity, determining an occurrence probability of a target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity according to the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity, the occurrence probability, determined according to the historical behavioral activity of the other mobile user, that the mobile user is converted from the current behavioral activity to the target behavioral activity, and the weighting factor of the public behavioral activity, and determining the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the historical behavioral activity and the occurrence probability of the target behavioral activity corresponding to the public behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the predicting a target geographical position of the mobile user according to the determined target behavioral activity of the mobile user includes determining whether the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in a historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, where the historical behavioral activity record includes a historical geographical position corresponding to the target behavioral activity, if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user exists in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predicting the target geographical position of the mobile user according to the historical behavioral activity record, and if the target behavioral activity of the mobile user does not exist in the historical behavioral activity record of the mobile user, predicting the target geographical position of the mobile user according to a geographical position that is within a first preset geographical position range and corresponding to the target behavioral activity. 
     Optionally, the determining an occurrence probability of a current behavioral activity of a mobile user includes acquiring a current geographical position and current time of the mobile user, determining, according to the current geographical position, distribution of a point of interest that is of the mobile user and within a second preset geographical position range, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest, or acquiring sense data corresponding to the mobile user, determining a motion state of the mobile user according to the sense data, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the motion state of the mobile user, or acquiring a background voice of a current geographical position of the mobile user, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the background voice. 
     Optionally, there is a correspondence between the current time, each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity. 
     The determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user according to the current time and the distribution of the point of interest includes determining a ratio of each of the point of interest according to the distribution of the point of interest, and determining the occurrence probability of the current behavioral activity of the mobile user at the current time according to the ratio of each of the point of interest, and an occurrence sub-probability of the current behavioral activity corresponding to each of the point of interest. 
     The user equipment provided in this embodiment may be used to perform a technical solution of a method for predicting a position of a mobile user provided in any embodiment of the present disclosure, and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
     Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some of the steps of the method embodiments may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program runs, the steps of the method embodiments are performed. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium that stores program code, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc. 
     Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not for limiting the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they may still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some or all technical features thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.