Predictive routing based on microlocation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10945190-B2
Application number	US-201916553009-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	Jan 4, 2019
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for predictive media streaming using microlocation. Microlocations of a mobile device can be determined by measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times, the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a corresponding one or more signal sources. Streaming events can be stored at the mobile device. Each streaming event may include a destination device for playing media and a cluster location, the cluster location corresponding to sensor values that are spatially near each other. A selection of a media item is detected and one or more current sensor values are measured. A current cluster location can be identified using the one or more current sensor value. The current cluster location and the streaming events can identify a particular destination device for playing the selected media item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for routing streaming data on a mobile device, the method comprising:
measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of the mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a corresponding one or more signal sources;
storing streaming events at the mobile device, wherein a streaming event includes a destination device of a plurality of destination devices that played media and a cluster location of a plurality of cluster locations, the cluster location including a location of the mobile device at a time of the streaming event, wherein the cluster location corresponds to sensor values that are spatially near each other;
detecting a selection of a media item;
measuring one or more current sensor values;
identifying a current cluster location using the one or more current sensor values; and
identifying a particular destination device from the plurality of destination devices for playing the selected media item based on the stored streaming events and the current cluster location.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing an indication of the particular destination device to a user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular destination device is the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a destination probability for playing the selected media item for each of the plurality of destination devices, wherein the particular destination device is selected based on the destination probabilities for the plurality of destination devices.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
providing, to a user, an option to select a device other than the mobile device based on a combined probability for playing the selected media item on destination devices other than the mobile device being greater than a threshold.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the destination probability for the particular destination device exceeds a threshold, the method further comprising:
automatically sending the selected media item to the particular destination device based on user input.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein identifying the current cluster location using the one or more current sensor values includes determining a location vector including a location probability for each of the plurality of cluster locations, and wherein determining the destination probability for playing the selected media item for each of the plurality of destination devices includes:
storing a correlation matrix that specifies a device probability for each of the plurality of destination devices at each of the plurality of cluster locations; and
determining the destination probability using the correlation matrix and the location vector.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the selection of the media item is performed by the mobile device based on previous selections of media items.

9. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable media including instructions which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of a mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a corresponding one or more signal sources;
storing streaming events at the mobile device, wherein a streaming event includes a destination device of a plurality of destination devices that played media and a cluster location of a plurality of cluster locations, the cluster location including a location of the mobile device at a time of the streaming event, wherein the cluster location corresponds to sensor values that are spatially near each other;
detecting a selection of a media item;
measuring one or more current sensor values;
identifying a current cluster location using the one or more current sensor values; and
identifying a particular destination device from the plurality of destination devices for playing the selected media item based on the stored streaming events and the current cluster location.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further include:
providing an indication of the particular destination device to a user.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the particular destination device is the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further include:
determining a destination probability for playing the selected media item for each of the plurality of destination devices, wherein the particular destination device is selected based on the destination probabilities for the plurality of destination devices.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the operations further include:
providing, to a user, an option to select a device other than the mobile device based on a combined probability for playing the selected media item on destination devices other than the mobile device being greater than a threshold.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the destination probability for the particular destination device exceeds a threshold, the operations further including:
automatically sending the selected media item to the particular destination device based on user input.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein identifying the current cluster location using the one or more current sensor values includes determining a location vector including a location probability for each of the plurality of cluster locations, and wherein determining the destination probability for playing the selected media item for each of the plurality of destination devices includes:
storing a correlation matrix that specifies a device probability for each of the plurality of destination devices at each of the plurality of cluster locations; and
determining the destination probability using the correlation matrix and the location vector.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein detecting the selection of the media item is performed by the mobile device based on previous selections of media items.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable media including instructions which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of a mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a corresponding one or more signal sources;
storing streaming events at the mobile device, wherein a streaming event includes a destination device of a plurality of destination devices that played media and a cluster location of a plurality of cluster locations, the cluster location including a location of the mobile device at a time of the streaming event, wherein the cluster location corresponds to sensor values that are spatially near each other;
detecting a selection of a media item;
measuring one or more current sensor values;
identifying a current cluster location using the one or more current sensor values; and
identifying a particular destination device from the plurality of destination devices for playing the selected media item based on the stored streaming events and the current cluster location.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein the operations further include:

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Palmer Alexander D
• Bhatti Jahshan A
• Lacerda Joao Pedro
• Blatz John L
• Meyer Joseph E
• Sonnanstine Adam A

Classifications

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G01S5/0284

  Relative positioning · CPC title

• H04W40/246

  Connectivity information discovery · CPC title