IP Library Granted Patent US 8,855,916
Granted Patent B2
US 8,855,916 · App. 14/064,678 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Comparison of multi-dimensional datasets

Inventors: Sheldon Meredith (Marietta, GA); Mark Pack (Irving, TX); John Pastore (Suwanee, GA)
Assignee: AT&T Mobility II, LLC
G06F17/30241H04W4/022G06F17/10H04W4/021
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Patent No.
US 8,855,916
App. No.
14/064,678
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for comparing multi-dimensional datasets are provided. A multi-dimensional dataset comparison includes receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates, wherein a subset of coordinates defines a geo-fence. For a coordinate within a geo-fence of one of the plurality of datasets, determining analogous coordinates in each of the other datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a coordinate input set, and performing in parallel an operation on the coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the coordinate input set.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of datasets, each comprising a plurality of coordinates;

determining, for a coordinate of one of the plurality of datasets, analogous coordinates in each other of the plurality of datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a reduced coordinate input set;

performing, by a processor, a first operation on the reduced coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set, wherein the first operation defines a pre-processing calculation; and

automatically determining whether to perform a second operation associated with the reduced coordinate input set based on the pre-processing calculation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operation is a logical operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second operation is a collision avoidance operation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dynamically updating a status parameter associated with the plurality of datasets.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the status parameter is a time-based parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an entity associated with an entry present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set; and

determining information associated with the entity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operation is a mathematical operation.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second operation is an image matching operation.

9. An apparatus comprising:

an interface for receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates;

a processor; and

a computer readable memory to store computer program instructions for comparing multi-dimensional datasets, the computer program instructions, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining, for a coordinate of one of the plurality of datasets, analogous coordinates in each other of the plurality of datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a reduced coordinate input set;

performing a first operation on the reduced coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set, wherein the first operation defines a pre-processing calculation; and

automatically determining whether to perform a second operation associated with the reduced coordinate input set based on the pre-processing calculation.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first operation is a logical operation.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second operation is a collision avoidance operation.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , the operations further comprising dynamically updating a status parameter associated with the plurality of datasets.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the status parameter is a location-based parameter.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

determining an entity associated with an entry present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set; and

determining information associated with the entity.

15. A computer readable medium storing non-transitory computer program instructions for comparing multi-dimensional datasets, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates;

determining, for a coordinate of one of the plurality of datasets, analogous coordinates in each other of the plurality of datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a reduced coordinate input set;

performing a first operation on the reduced coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set, wherein the first operation defines a pre-processing calculation; and

automatically determining whether to perform a second operation associated with the reduced coordinate input set based on the pre-processing calculation.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first operation is a mathematical operation.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second operation is an image matching operation.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising dynamically updating a status parameter associated with the plurality of datasets.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the status parameter is a motion-based parameter.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

determining an entity associated with an entry present at a coordinate of the reduced coordinate input set; and

determining information associated with the entity.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2022
From: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
To: WORKDAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 059553/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2013
From: MEREDITH, SHELDON; PACK, MARK; PASTORE, JOHN
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 031490/0683 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13308003 · Nov 30, 2011
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