Method, device and recording media for searching target clients

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9288650-B2
Application number	US-201313913917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A method for searching target clients, applied to a mobile device coupled to a network, is provided. A target position and a target time are generated by a positioning unit and a time generating unit of the mobile device, respectively. A target clients search message is generated according to keywords input into the mobile device, the target position and the target time and then transmitted to a server coupled to the network through the network. Then a search result transmitted by the server through the network is received. The search result comprises at least one of a target clients amount, a target clients density and a target clients occurrence probability, which are retrieved from at least one social networks data and corresponding to the keywords, the target location and the target time. A map combined with the search result is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for searching target clients, applied to a mobile device coupled to a network, comprising:
inputting at least one keyword;
generating a target position by a positioning unit of the mobile device;
generating a target time by a time generating unit of the mobile device;
generating a target clients search message according to the at least one keyword, the target position and the target time, and transmitting the target clients search message to a server coupled to the network through the network;
receiving a search result transmitted by the server through the network, wherein the search result comprises at least one of a target clients amount, a target clients density and a target clients occurrence probability, which are retrieved from at least one social networks data and corresponding to the at least one keyword, the target position and the target time;
displaying a map combined with the search result;
retrieving, by the server, a plurality of potential clients corresponding to a location range and a time range from the at least one social networks data according to the location range and the time range and counting an amount of the plurality of potential clients to obtain a potential clients amount, wherein the target position is included in the location range and the target time is included in the time range;
comparing, by the server, data corresponding to the plurality of potential clients in the at least one social networks data with the at least one keyword, retrieving a plurality of target clients corresponding to the at least one keyword and calculating an amount of the retrieved target clients to obtain the target clients amount;
calculating, by the server, the target clients density according to the target clients amount and the potential clients amount;
calculating, by the server, the target clients occurrence probability according to data corresponding to the plurality of target clients in the at least one social networks data, the time range and the location range; and
providing the target clients, the calculated target clients density and the calculated target clients occurrence probability.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the server retrieves a common topic according to the data corresponding to the plurality of target clients in the at least one social networks data and transmits the common topic to the mobile device through the network, and the method further comprises:
displaying the common topic.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the search result further comprises contact information of some of the plurality of target clients who are willing to provide their contact information, and the method further comprises:
displaying the contact information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the target clients density is calculated according the following equation:

D
=

N
T

N
P

,

wherein D is the target clients density, N T is the target clients amount, and N P is the potential clients amount.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the target clients occurrence probability is calculated according the following equation:

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wherein P is the target clients occurrence probability, N T is the target clients amount, N (i, t, l) is an amount of social networks data, which corresponds to a target client i of the target clients, a time range t and a location range l, in the at least one social networks data, and N (i, t) is an amount of social networks data, which corresponds to the target clients i and the time range t, in the at least one social networks data.

6. A device for searching target clients comprising:
a communication unit, coupled to a network;
an input unit, where at least one keyword is input;
a positioning unit, generating a target position;
a time generating unit, generating a target time;
a processing unit, coupled to the communication unit, the input unit, the positioning unit and the time generating unit, generating a target clients search message according to the at least one keyword, the target position and the target time, transmitting the target clients search message to a server through the communication unit, and receiving a search result transmitted by the server through the communication unit, wherein the search result comprises at least one of a target clients amount, a target clients density and a target clients occurrence probability, which are retrieved from at least one social networks data and corresponding to the at least one keyword, the target position and the target time;
a display unit, coupled to the processing unit and displaying a map combined with the search result;
wherein the server is coupled to the network and at least comprises:
a database, storing the at least one social networks data; and
a server processing unit, coupled to the database and receiving the target clients search message transmitted by the device, comprising:
a location range and time range matching module, retrieving a plurality of potential clients corresponding to a location range and a time range from at least one social networks data according to the location range and the time range and counting an amount of the plurality of potential clients to obtain a potential clients amount, wherein the target position is included in the location range and the target time is included in the time range;
a keyword matching module, comparing data corresponding to the plurality of potential clients in the at least one social networks data with the at least one keyword, retrieving a plurality of target clients corresponding to the at least one keyword and calculating an amount of the retrieved target clients to obtain the target clients amount;
a target clients density calculating module, calculating the target clients density according to

Assignees

• Inst Information Industry

Inventors

• Yang Ping-Che
• Ku Tsun
• Hsieh Wen-Tai
• Chiu Hung-Sheng
• Yang Ren-Dar

Classifications

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W4/206 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06Q30/0205

  based on location or geographical consideration · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title