Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location monitoring using clusters of entities
- Patent Title (中): 使用实体集群进行位置监控
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Application No.: US13433138Application Date: 2012-03-28
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Publication No.: US08792905B1Publication Date: 2014-07-29
- Inventor: Guanfeng Li , Hongji Bao , Edward Y. Chang
- Applicant: Guanfeng Li , Hongji Bao , Edward Y. Chang
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for monitoring the locations of a number of entities are provided. The system may be configured to track the locations of a multitude of entities by grouping entities together into clusters of entities based on their geographic proximity and trajectories. A member of a cluster may be identified as a leader or a follower. The system may receive a number of location reports for the entities and update the locations of the entities based on whether the entity is a leader or a follower. For example, the system may update a back-end location database with the location information for a leader while location updates for followers may be converted into locations that are relative to the corresponding leader's and cached at the system.
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