IP Library Granted Patent US 10,616,720
Granted Patent B2
US 10,616,720 · App. 15/203,063 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Routine deviation notification

Inventors: Andrea Vaccari (San Francisco, CA); Gabriel Grisè (San Francisco, CA); Mayank Lahiri (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
H04W4/029G06F16/951G06Q30/02H04L67/22H04W4/023
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Patent No.
US 10,616,720
App. No.
15/203,063
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a log associated with a user. The log includes a number of entries that each indicate a geo-location of the user at a particular time of day of a particular day of a week. The entries are based on a geo-location determined and reported by a mobile computing device of the user without manual user input. The method also includes determining one or more geo-location centroids based on a distance between the respective geo-location centroid and each geo-location data point. Each geo-location centroid is representative of one or more of the geo-location data points obtained during the particular time of day of the particular day of a week. The method also includes determining a routine center of one or more of the number of geo-location centroids based on a distance between its respective routine center and each geo-location centroid.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, accessing a log associated with a user, wherein the log comprises a plurality of entries that each indicate a geo-location of the user at a particular time of day of a particular day of a week, wherein at least some of the data points being based on a geo-location determined and reported by a mobile computing device of the user without manual user input;

by the computing device, determining a plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between the respective geo-location centroid and each geo-location data point, wherein each geo-location centroid is representative of a cluster comprising one or more of the geo-location data points obtained during the particular time of day of the particular day of a week;

by the computing device, determining a routine center of two or more of the plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between its respective routine center and each geo-location centroid, wherein each routine center is a spatial center of a respective plurality of geo-location centroids of the particular time of the particular day of the week;

by the computing device, identifying a particular one of the routine centers with a minimum distance to a current geo-location of the mobile computing device, wherein the particular time of day of the particular day of a week of the identified particular one of the routine centers corresponds a current time of the current day of the week; and

by the computing device, sending a notification indicating that the user is deviating from a routine defined by the identified particular one of the routine centers to one or more other users in response to determining that a distance between the identified particular one of the routine centers and the current geo-location of the user is greater than a pre-determined threshold-deviation distance.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether respective current geo-locations of one or more of the other users are within a pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein sending the notification is further based on a determination that one or more of the other users are within the pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing a social graph of a social networking system; and

identifying one or more of the other users based at least in part on a node corresponding to the user being connected to one or more nodes corresponding to one or more of the other users by a respective edge of the social graph.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the notification is sent via the social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification comprises information identifying the user and the current geo-location.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a signal to the mobile computing device that adjusts polling frequency of the geo-location reporting based on the distance between the identified particular one of the routine centers and the current geo-location of the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal increases the polling frequency based on the distance between the identified particular one of the routine centers and the current geo-location of the user being greater than the pre-determined threshold-deviation distance.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an exigent circumstance based on detecting a substantially simultaneous deviation of the user and one or more of the other users from the identified particular one of the routine centers.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an exigent circumstance based on detecting a deviation of the user from the identified particular one of the routine centers to an unusual geo-location for a prolonged period of time.

11. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software configured when executed to:

access a log associated with a user, wherein the log comprises a plurality of entries that each indicate a geo-location of the user at a particular time of day of a particular day of a week, wherein at least some of the data points being based on a geo-location determined and reported by a mobile computing device of the user without manual user input;

determine a plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between the respective geo-location centroid and each geo-location data point, wherein each geo-location centroid is representative of a cluster comprising one or more of the geo-location data points obtained during the particular time of day of the particular day of a week;

determine a routine center of two or more of the plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between its respective routine center and each geo-location centroid, wherein each routine center is a spatial center of a respective plurality of geo-location centroids of the particular time of the particular day of the week;

identify a particular one of the routine centers with a minimum distance to a current geo-location of the mobile computing device, wherein the particular time of day of the particular day of a week of the identified particular one of the routine centers corresponds a current time of the current day of the week; and

send a notification indicating that the user is deviating from a routine defined by the identified particular one of the routine centers to one or more other users in response to determining that a distance between the identified particular one of the routine centers and the current geo-location of the user is greater than a pre-determined threshold-deviation distance.

12. The media of claim 11 , wherein the software is further configured to determine whether respective current geo-locations of one or more of the other users are within a pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

13. The media of claim 12 , wherein sending the notification is further based on a determination that one or more of the other users are within the pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

14. The media of claim 11 , wherein the software is further configured to:

access a social graph of a social networking system; and

identify one or more of the other users based at least in part on a node corresponding to the user being connected to one or more nodes corresponding to one or more of the other users by a respective edge of the social graph.

15. The media of claim 14 , wherein the notification is sent via the social-networking system.

16. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software configured when executed to:

access a log associated with a user, wherein the log comprises a plurality of entries that each indicate a geo-location of the user at a particular time of day of a particular day of a week, wherein at least some of the data points being based on a geo-location determined and reported by a mobile computing device of the user without manual user input;

determine a plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between the respective geo-location centroid and each geo-location data point, wherein each geo-location centroid is representative of a cluster comprising one or more of the geo-location data points obtained during the particular time of day of the particular day of a week;

determine a routine center of two or more of the plurality of geo-location centroids based on a distance between its respective routine center and each geo-location centroid, wherein each routine center is a spatial center of a respective plurality of geo-location centroids of the particular time of the particular day of the week;

identify a particular one of the routine centers with a minimum distance to a current geo-location of the mobile computing device, wherein the particular time of day of the particular day of a week of the identified particular one of the routine centers corresponds a current time of the current day of the week; and

send a notification indicating that the user is deviating from a routine defined by the identified particular one of the routine centers to one or more other users in response to determining that a distance between the identified particular one of the routine centers and the current geo-location of the user is greater than a pre-determined threshold-deviation distance.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further operable to determine whether respective current geo-locations of one or more of the other users are within a pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein sending the notification is further based on a determination that one or more of the other users are within the pre-determined threshold-proximity distance from the current geo-location of the user.

19. The device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further operable to:

access a social graph of a social networking system; and

identify one or more of the other users based at least in part on a node corresponding to the user being connected to one or more nodes corresponding to one or more of the other users by a respective edge of the social graph.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the notification is sent via the social-networking system.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058553/0802 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13760978 · Feb 6, 2013
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