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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Regan Gill, Berkeley, CA (US);
Regan Gill, Berkeley, CA (US);
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
Predicted ephemeral Points of Interest (PEPOI) are provided to wireless application users, as are likelihood maps. Wireless application users are provided with the ability to record locations and retrieve maps of past locations and predicted future locations of PEPOIs of specific interest. To predict a location for a PEPOI, data about previous reported locations are gathered, along with variable values associated with variations in location. The variables gathered may differ based on the type of PEPOI in question. For instance, a person has different variables associated with its locations than does a storm cloud. Once there is enough data recorded to provide predictable patterns, desirable methods of statistical analysis are chosen depending of the behavior model of PEPOI, which can be used to present a visual guide to finding the PEPOIs at a particular time in the future.