System for collecting, analyzing, and transmitting information relevant to transportation networks

摘要

When individual persons or vehicles move through a transportation network, they are likely to be both actively and passively creating information that reflects their location and current behavior. In this patent, we propose a system that makes complete use of this information. First, through a broad web of sensors, our system collects and stores the full range of information generated by travelers. Next, through the use of previously-stored data and active computational analysis, our system deduces the identity of individual travelers. Finally; using advanced data-mining technology, our system selects useful information and transmits it back to the individual, as well as to third-party users; in short, it forms the backbone for a variety of useful location-related end-user applications.

主权项

1. A method of communicating electronically, the method comprising:
acquiring, at a server, location information for a plurality of mobile devices; identifying, by the server, a particular mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; utilizing, by the server, conditional probability to assign a probability to a plurality of checkpoints around a current location of the particular mobile device; identifying, based on the assigned probabilities, a subset of the checkpoints corresponding to a plurality of potential future locations for said particular mobile device, the subset of the checkpoints being multiple checkpoints; and pre-caching digital content to the subset of the checkpoints.