DETERMINING QUALIFIED DEVICES USING ZONE INFORMATION
Determining qualified devices using zone information is disclosed. Traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location is received. At least some of the devices included in the set are qualified as qualified devices. A set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices is crated. Information associated with the set of sessions is provided as output.
1 . A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location;
qualify at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices;
create a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and
provide as output information associated with the set of sessions; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to remove at least one unqualified devices from the set of devices.
3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to mark any unqualified devices as banned.
4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to qualify at least some of the devices by filtering out devices that are likely to belong to employees.
5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to qualify at least some of the devices by filtering out devices that are likely to be computing equipment not carried by an individual.
6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the qualifying is performed based at least in part on a pre-existing list of devices.
7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the qualifying is performed based at least in part on an examination of features associated with the received traffic.
8 . The system of claim 7 wherein examining the features includes using a decision tree in evaluation.
9 . The system of claim 1 wherein the qualifying includes excluding devices based on a duration of observation.
10 . The system of claim 9 wherein the duration is a minimum amount of time threshold.
11 . The system of claim 9 wherein the duration is a maximum amount of time threshold.
12 . The system of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configured to add a given device included in the set of devices to a blacklist of devices based at least in part on a determination that the given device was observed for a duration that exceeds the threshold.
13 . The system of claim 1 wherein creating the set of sessions includes determining a mapping between a sensor and a zone.
14 . The system of claim 1 wherein creating the set of sessions includes determining an amount of time a given time was observed by a set of one or more sensors.
15 . The system of claim 1 wherein the output includes a set of metrics associated with a duration and a location of at least some of the qualified devices.
16 . The system of claim 1 wherein the output includes await time.
17 . A method, comprising:
receiving traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location;
qualifying at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices;
creating a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and
providing as output information associated with the set of sessions.
18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing at least one unqualified device from the set of devices.
19 . The method of claim 1 wherein qualifying at least some of the devices includes filtering out devices that probabilistically do not belong to visitors.
20 . A computer program product embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location;
qualifying at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices;
creating a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and
providing as output information associated with the set of sessions.