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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank Russo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Luuk Van Dijk, Zürich, CH;
Paul Donnelly, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Duong, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Aspinall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Finnegan Southey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Chien, San Carlos, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Real-time busyness information is for a public place is computed in a privacy-sensitive way, and provided for display in relation to historical busyness information. An aggregate amount of real-time location information available for a particular public place is measured (), and used to determine () whether the public place is privacy-qualified. If the public place is privacy-qualified, real-time busyness information is computed () for the public place based on the real-time location information. Further, it is determined () whether the computed real-time busyness information is accuracy-qualified, based on a comparison of the real-time busyness information to historical busyness information. If both qualifications are met, the real-time busyness information is output () for display or to another application.