User Relationship Determination via Wireless Signal Source Physical Addresses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods struggle to accurately determine user relationships when there is no data exchange between users located in the same geographical location, despite potential specific associations existing.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that receive and analyze physical addresses associated with wireless signal sources from user terminals to determine relationships, using geographical location information and clustering techniques to identify candidate users and establish connection-based relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional techniques use data exchanged between users to determine relationships, then user relationships can be obtained from business data, call records, or shopping data, but user relationships cannot be accurately determined when there is no data exchange between users located in the same geographical location
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces physical addresses of wireless signal sources as an intermediary element to indirectly infer user relationships. Instead of relying on direct data exchange between users, the system uses shared physical locations (wireless signal sources) as a mediator to establish relationships between users who may not have direct interactions. This resolves the contradiction by providing an alternative information channel that doesn't require direct user data exchange.
2Measurement precision
If physical addresses of wireless signal sources are collected from multiple user terminals, then user relationships can be determined based on shared locations, but data processing complexity increases due to address clustering and candidate user identification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data processing task into distinct stages: collecting physical addresses from multiple terminals, clustering addresses to identify candidate users, and then determining relationships based on shared addresses. This segmentation reduces complexity by breaking down the overall complex task into manageable sub-tasks that can be processed sequentially, with each stage building on the previous one.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary clustering of physical addresses before relationship determination. By pre-processing the address data to group similar locations and identify candidate users in advance, the system reduces the complexity of the subsequent relationship determination step. This preliminary action organizes the data structure to facilitate more efficient processing in later stages.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for determining relationship between users. The systems and methods may include receiving, from a target user terminal and one or more other user terminals, one or more physical addresses associated with one or more wireless signal sources. The system may determine one or more relationships between a target user associated with the target user terminal and one or more other users associated with the one or more other user terminals based on the received one or more physical addresses. The one or more wireless signal sources are within search ranges of the target user terminal and the one or more other user terminals.