| US 7,529,639 B2 | ||
| Location-based novelty index value and recommendation system and method | ||
| Eero Räsänen, Tampere (Finland); Roman Kikta, Dallas, Tex. (US); Antti Sorvari, Itasalmi (Finland); Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita, Helsinki (Finland); Ykä Huhtala, Helsinki (Finland); Heikki Mannila, Espoo (Finland); Hannu T. Toivonen, Helsinki (Finland); Kari Oinonen, Lempäälä (Finland); and Juhani Murto, Helsinki (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 04, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/41,971. | ||
| Application 12/041971 is a division of application No. 10/024282, filed on Dec. 21, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0214210 A1, Sep. 04, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—150 | 35 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
computing a novelty index value for a wireless device for a plurality of locations, the novelty index value computed from
a measure of probability of a device occupying each of the plurality of locations;
storing the novelty index value in a database for each of the plurality of locations;
determining a location of the wireless device;
running a program to determine a result that depends on the novelty index value;
accessing the database for information associated with the novelty index value; and
computing a result for the location using said information,
wherein the step of determining further comprises determining the location of the wireless device by a global positioning
system detector, by a triangulation of mobile phone base stations, or by proximity to a short-range communications device.
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