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Patent US10198779
Issued 2019-02-05
Tracking Proximity Relationships And Uses Thereof
A method may include receiving data about a first person and a second person, the first person having a contagion. The method may include determining whether a first location is within a proximity distance to a second location. The method may include determining whether a first time is within a proximity time period with a second time. The method may include defining a proximity relationship for the second person relative to the first person. The defined proximity relationship may be positive when the first location is within the proximity distance and first time is within the proximity time period, or the defined proximity relationship may be negative when either the first location is not within the proximity distance or first time is not within the proximity time period. When the proximity relationship is positive, the second person may be labeled as being contaminated by the contagion.
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- 1. A method of determining proximity relationships, comprising:
receiving first data regarding a first person at a first location at a first time, wherein the first person has a contagion; receiving second data regarding a second person at a second location at a second time; determining whether the first location is within a proximity distance to the second location, wherein the proximity distance has a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined value of the proximity distance is defined by the contagion; determining whether the first time is within a proximity time period with the second time, wherein the proximity time period has a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined value of the proximity time is defined by the contagion; defining a proximity relationship for the second person relative to the first person, wherein the defined proximity relationship is positive when the first location is within the proximity distance and the first time is within the proximity time period, or the defined proximity relationship is negative when either the first location is not within the proximity distance or the first time is not within the proximity time period; in response to the proximity relationship being positive, labeling the second person as being contaminated by the contagion; in response to the proximity relationship being negative, labeling the second person as being uncontaminated by the contagion; and saving the label of the second person relative to whether being contaminated or uncontaminated.
- 19. A method of determining proximity relationships, comprising:
receiving first data regarding a first person at a first location at a first time, wherein the first person is at a first event; receiving second data regarding a second person at a second location at a second time; determining whether the first location is within a proximity distance to the second location, wherein the proximity distance has a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined value of the proximity distance is defined by the first event; determining whether the first time is within a proximity time period with the second time, wherein the proximity time period has a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined value of the proximity time is defined by the first event; defining a proximity relationship for the second person relative to the first person, wherein the defined proximity relationship is positive when the first location is within the proximity distance and the first time is within the proximity time period, or the defined proximity relationship is negative when either the first location is not within the proximity distance or the first time is not within the proximity time period; in response to the proximity relationship being positive, labeling the second person as being exposed to the first event; in response to the proximity relationship being negative, labeling the second person as being not exposed to the first event; and saving the label of the second person relative to whether being exposed or unexposed.
