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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:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Richard Carlsson, Stockholm, SE;

Tomas Goldbeck-Löwe, Saltsjö-Boo, SE;

Sky Zhao, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/006 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods are provided for filtering, collecting, and analyzing location data for a plurality of devices in a wireless network. Location data for one or more devices is received, for each device the location data includes a unique identifier. Whether the devices belong to the group of devices is determined based on the unique identifier. The location data of devices determined to belong to the group of devices are stored and used in the mobility analysis and the results distributed accordingly. A relevancy analysis may be performed on the stored location data of devices determined to belong to the group of devices in which device information is generated that is associated with devices not belonging to the group of devices. The device information is fed back to determine whether the devices belong to the group of devices based on the unique identifier.


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