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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Mapbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Morgan Herlocker, Oakland, CA (US);

Laurier Rochon, Montreal, CA;

David Michael Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Mapbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01);
Abstract

A trace comprising location data about a computing device is received at a mapping server, where the trace stores the location data about the computing device in an ordered set of points. The origin and destination of the trace are obscured. Then, the trace is then separated into a set of subtraces by dividing the received points of location data into a set of subtraces, and removing the links between subtraces of the set of subtraces. For example, subtraces can be divided based on size, distance, elapsed time, or features of interest present in the location data.


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