WO2014161433A1 - System and method for positioning terminal - Google Patents

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WO2014161433A1
WO2014161433A1 PCT/CN2014/073938 CN2014073938W WO2014161433A1 WO 2014161433 A1 WO2014161433 A1 WO 2014161433A1 CN 2014073938 W CN2014073938 W CN 2014073938W WO 2014161433 A1 WO2014161433 A1 WO 2014161433A1
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Peng HE
Yuhuang LI
Yong Hu
Chuan Chen
Jing NIE
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  • the disclosure relates to location service fields,and particularly to a system and method for positioning terminal.
  • the section provides background information related to the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art.
  • LBS Location based services
  • the LBS may position users’locations.
  • the users’locations are positioned through existing positioning technologies such as positioning satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(wifi)hotspot equipments.
  • the existing position technologies have the following defects:
  • the disclosed a method and device for positioning terminals are directed to solve one or more problems set forth above and other problems.
  • a method for positioning terminals comprising:
  • a device for positioning terminals comprising:
  • a location information obtaining module configured to obtain obtaining location information of positioned terminals
  • a relevance information obtaining module configured to obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals
  • a relevance positioning module configured to obtain location information of relevance terminals associated with the positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • Fig.1 is a flowchart of an example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments
  • Fig.2 is a flowchart of another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments
  • Fig.3 is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments
  • Fig.4 is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments
  • Fig.5 is a block diagram of an example of a device for positioning terminals according to various embodiments,the device including a relevance positioning module and a multi-terminal positioning module;
  • Fig.6 is a block diagram of the relevance positioning module of Fig.5;
  • Fig.7 is a block diagram of the multi-terminal positioning module of Fig.5;
  • Fig.8 is a schematic diagram of social relationship groups
  • the environment600can include a server604,a terminal606,and a communication network602.
  • the server604and the terminal606 may be coupled through the communication network602for information exchange including,e.g., sending/receive location information of a terminal,obtaining relevance information of the terminal,sending location information of relevance terminals,etc.Although only one terminal606and one server604are shown in the environment600,any number of terminals606or servers604may be included,and other devices may also be included.
  • the communication network602 may include any appropriate type of communication network for providing network connections to the server604and terminal606or among multiple servers604or terminals606.
  • the communication network602 may include the Internet or other types of computer networks or telecommunication networks,either wired or wireless.
  • a terminal may refer to any appropriate user terminal with certain computing capabilities,e.g., a personal computer(PC), a work station computer, a hand-held computing device(e.g.,a tablet), a mobile terminal(e.g., a mobile phone or a smart phone),or any other client-side computing device.
  • PC personal computer
  • work station computer e.g., a work station computer
  • hand-held computing device e.g., a tablet
  • a mobile terminal e.g., a mobile phone or a smart phone
  • a server may refer to one or more server computers configured to provide certain server functionalities,e.g.,receiving location information of a terminal,relevance information obtaining,relevance information processing,sending location information of relevance terminals,etc.
  • a server may also include one or more processors to execute computer programs in parallel.
  • FIG.9 shows a block diagram of an exemplary computing system700(or computer system700)capable of implementing the server604and/or the terminal606.
  • the exemplary computer system700 may include a processor702,a storage medium704,a monitor706,a communication module708,a database710,peripherals712,and one or more bus714to couple the devices together.Certain devices may be omitted and other devices may be included.
  • the processor702 can include any appropriate processor or processors.Further, the processor702can include multiple cores for multi-thread or parallel processing.
  • the storage medium704 may include memory modules,e.g.,Read-Only Memory (ROM),Random Access Memory(RAM),and flash memory modules,and mass storages,e.g.,CD-ROM,U-disk,removable hard disk,etc.
  • the storage medium704 may store computer programs for implementing various processes(e.g.,receiving location information,obtaining relevance information,processing relevance information,etc.),when executed by the processor702.
  • the monitor706 may include display devices for displaying contents in the computing system700,e.g., displaying location information of relevance terminals or location information interface.
  • the peripherals712 may include I/O devices such as keyboard and mouse.
  • the communication module708 may include network devices for establishing connections through the communication network602.
  • the database710 may include one or more databases for storing certain data and for performing certain operations on the stored data,e.g., storing location information a terminals,terminal IDs,relevance information of the terminals,and location information of relevance terminals,or any other suitable data searching and management operations.
  • the terminal606 may cause the server604to perform certain actions,e.g.,receiving location information of a terminal,obtaining relevance information of the terminals,and returning location information of relevance terminals,etc.
  • the server604 may be configured to provide structures and functions for such actions and operations.More particularly,the server604may include a management server, a messaging server, a positioning server,or any other suitable servers for corresponding functions.
  • a terminal involved in the disclosed methods and systems can include the terminal606,while a server involved in the disclosed methods and systems can include the server604.
  • the methods and systems disclosed in accordance with various embodiments can be executed by a computer system.
  • the disclosed methods and systems can be implemented by a server.
  • FIG.1 is a flowchart of an example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments.
  • the method may be applied to equipments supplying all kinds of LBS services or backend servers.
  • the method includes the following steps.
  • Step S101 obtaining location information of positioned terminals.
  • the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity (WiFi)hotspot devices.
  • the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.
  • the positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.
  • the location information may be longitude and latitude,coordinates on the maps,graphic,word,or other means,to indicate geographic location information of the positioned terminals.
  • positioning time of obtaining the position information this time may be recorded.
  • Step102 obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance information may be the relevance information between the positioned terminals and relevance terminals.
  • the relevance terminals are the terminals having region relevance relationships with the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance terminals may include relevance account login terminals,first non-positioned terminals,and second non-positioned terminals.Login accounts of the relevance account login terminals are associated with login accounts of the positioned terminals.
  • the first non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals have the same network equipment information.Social relationships between the second non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfy a predetermined condition.
  • the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the long account of the positioned terminals may be the same.Or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the positioned terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different service platform,or have the relevance relationship established by associated users in the same server.
  • the users can use the same login account to login in an instant messaging tool in a mobile phone and a personal computer.
  • the mobile phone is the relevance account login terminal of the personal computer.Another example,the mobile phone is the positioned terminal.
  • the login account of the mobile phone is the login account of the instant messaging tool running on the mobile phone.
  • the login account of the mobile phone has been associated with a login account of social networking services(SNS)community running on the user’s computer.Therefore,the user’s computer is the relevance account login terminal of the mobile phone.
  • the relevance information may include login information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the login information includes
  • the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals and the positioned terminals may be in the same local area network(LAN).
  • the relevance information may include the network equipment information of the positioned terminals.
  • the network equipment information may be a unique identifier of the network management equipment used by the LAN or the public IP address.
  • the terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals can be considered as the terminals belonging to the same LAN.
  • the non-positioned terminals may be the terminals used by users have a special social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminal.
  • the social relationships between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals satisfy the predetermined condition.
  • the users having a special social relationship with the users corresponding to the positioned terminals may be the user’s family,colleagues, friends,and so on.
  • the relevance information includes the social relationship information of the users corresponding to the positioned terminals.In detail,the relevance information may include personal relationship information,social interaction information,similarity of personal information,and so on.That whether the social relationship between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and users corresponding to other terminals satisfy the predetermined condition can be determined through the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • Step103 obtaining location information of relevance terminals associated with the positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance terminals may be the terminals with the same region relevance with the positioned terminals.
  • the current location information of the relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
  • the current location information of the relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
  • the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals are associated with the login accounts of the positioned terminals(such as the same accounts or the same user’s multiply accounts). Therefore,when the time of logining in the relevance account login terminals and the time of positioning the positioned terminals are closer or coincident,the obtained location information of the positioned terminals at the time of positioning the positioned terminals is defined as the location information of the relevance account login terminals.
  • the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals are in the same LAN.
  • the locations of the terminals in the same LAN are concentrated.
  • the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminal can be determined according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the location information of the non-positioned terminals can be obtained according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • Fig.2 is it is a flowchart of another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments. The method includes the following steps.
  • Step201 obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals and positioning time correspond to the location information.
  • the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites, mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.
  • the positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.In the embodiment,the location information of the positioned terminals and the positioning time corresponding to the location information this time may be recorded to be used to be as references of the following obtained behavior information of the positioned terminals.
  • Step202 obtaining the login information of the relevance account login terminal associated with the positioned terminals.
  • the login information includes login time, and further includes an identifier of the relevance account login terminal,to distinguish multiply relevance account login terminals,such as network card MAC, etc..
  • the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the login account of the positioned terminals may be the same. Or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the positioned terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different service platform,or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the positioned terminals have a relationship been established by associated users in the same server.
  • Step203 obtaining location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the relevance account login terminals according to the login information of the relevance account login terminals,and considering the obtained location information as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.Specifically,for example,when a time difference between the login time of the relevance account login terminal and the latest positioning time of the positioned terminal is less than a predetermined threshold(such as three seconds),the location information obtained at the positioning time of the positioned terminal is considered as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • a predetermined threshold such as three seconds
  • the behavior information of the positioned terminals can be obtained according to the location information obtained in a period of time of the positioned terminals and the corresponding positioning time.
  • the behavior information includes the constant location information of the positioned terminal and the period of time corresponding to the constant location information.
  • a period of time corresponding to the login time of the relevance account login terminals in the behavior information can be determined.
  • the constant location information corresponding to the determined period of time can be obtained to be used to be as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the period of time may be a latest week,or a latest month,or form starting positioning services to data.
  • the period of time also may be the time specified by the users.
  • the behavior information of the positioned terminals can be obtained through the location information of the positioned terminals and the corresponding positioning time in the determined period of time.
  • the behavior information indicates the behavioral regularly of the positioned terminals.
  • the location information of the relevance account login terminal can be obtained through the login time of the relevance account login terminal and the behavioral regularly of the positioned terminal.
  • the positioned terminal is in xx building from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of workdays,and in xx residential area from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day. If the login time obtained at a certain time(or several times)of the relevance account login terminal is twenty two o’clock on Wednesday,the period of time which the login time of the relevance account login terminal belongs to is from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.
  • FIG.3 is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments. The method includes the following steps.
  • Step301 obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.
  • the positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.
  • Step302 obtaining the network equipment information of the positioned terminals.
  • the network equipment information may be the unique identifier of the internet gateway device used by the LAN,or the public IP address.
  • the step301 may be implemented to obtain the location information of the all positioned terminals with the same network equipment information.
  • Step303 obtaining the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals and the positioned terminals are in the same LAN.Owing to the region locations of the terminals in the same LAN are concentrated,the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals can be determined according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals can be obtained through processing the location information of the positioned terminals with the same network equipment information.
  • a process of processing the location information of the positioned terminals includes an aggregation process and a denoising process.
  • the fifty positioned terminals are aggregated firstly according the location information of the fifty positioned terminals. For example,two aggregations are obtained through aggregating the fifty positioned terminals.One of the two aggregations includes thirty eight positioned terminals.
  • the other of the two aggregations includes ten positioned terminals.Owing to the data of the remaining two positioned terminals are error,the distances between the locations of the remaining two positioned terminals of the fifty positioned terminals and the locations of the other positioned terminals of the fifty positioned terminals are larger(such as the distance is more than10kilometers).Therefore,the remaining two positioned terminals can be cleared away firstly.
  • the aggregation including the thirty eight terminals is selected.Location information of a center of the selected aggregation is obtained to be used to be as location information of the other fifty non-positioned terminals in the LAN.For example,the location of the center of the selected aggregation may be a center of a geometric figure composed by the thirty eight terminals,or a location from which a distance to the thirty eight terminals is the shortest.
  • FIG.4 is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning terminals according to various embodiments. The method includes the following steps.
  • Step401 obtaining the location information of the positioned terminal.
  • the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.
  • the positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.Preferably,the positioning time corresponding to the location information obtained this time may be recorded when the location information of the positioned terminals is obtained.
  • Step402 obtaining the social relationship information of the positioned terminals.
  • the social relationship information may include personal relationships information,social interaction information,a similarity of personal data, and so on.
  • Step403 obtaining the location information of the non-positioned terminals according to the location information and the social relationship information of the positioned terminals.
  • the social relationship between the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition.
  • the non-positioned terminals can be the terminals corresponding to the users that have a special social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.
  • the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals may be the family,colleagues,friends of the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.
  • a relationship between the user A and the user B is colleagues can be determined through the personal relationship information pre-recorded on the SNS service platform.That the user A and the user B are friends can be determined through some contents recorded on the SNS service platform.
  • the contents may include chats between the user A and the user B using on the SNS service platform or a content of the user A and the user B participating in that discussion about the same topic together using the SNS service platform.
  • the obtained location information of the terminal used by the user A in the period of work time can be considered as the location information of the terminal used by the user B.
  • the users can be divided according to the users’social relationship information to get a plurality of social relationship groups.
  • Social relationships among members of the social relationship groups satisfy the predetermined condition(the social relationships among the users with the lines satisfy the predetermined condition).
  • Locations of other members of the social relationship groups can be obtained according to the social relationship among the members of the social relationship groups and the behavior regularity obtained according to the location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the users from the social relationship groups.
  • the social relationships among the members of the social relationship groups are colleagues working in the same company.
  • the pre-obtained behavior regularities of the two members corresponding to the positioned terminals are in xx building in the period of workday form nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock.Therefore,the location is considered as the locations of the terminals used by other members of the social relationship groups in the period of time.
  • FIG.5 is a block diagram of a device for positioning terminals according to various embodiments.
  • the device of the embodiment may be applied to equipments supplying all kinds of LBS services or backend servers.
  • the device includes a location information obtaining module510, a relevance information obtaining module520,and a relevance positioning module530.
  • the location information obtaining module510 is used to obtain location information of positioned terminals.
  • the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity (WiFi)hotspot devices.
  • the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.
  • the positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.
  • the location information may be longitude and latitude,coordinates on the maps,graphic,word,or other means,to indicate geographic location information of the positioned terminals.
  • positioning time of obtaining the position information this time may be recorded.
  • the location information of the positioned terminals and the positioning time corresponding to the location information this time may be recorded to be used to be as references of the following obtained behavior information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance information obtaining module520 is used to obtain relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance information may be the relevance information between the positioned terminals and relevance terminals.
  • the relevance terminals are the terminals having region relevance relationships with the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance terminals may include relevance account login terminals,first non-positioned terminals,and second non-positioned terminals.Login accounts of the relevance account login terminals are associated with login accounts of the positioned terminals.
  • the first non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals have the same network equipment information.Social relationships between the second non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfy a predetermined condition.
  • the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the long account of the positioned terminals may be the same. Or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the positioned terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different service platform,or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the positioned terminals have a relationship established by associated users in the same server.
  • the users can use the same login account to login in an instant messaging tool in a mobile phone and a personal computer.
  • the mobile phone is the relevance account login terminal of the personal computer.
  • the mobile phone is the positioned terminal.
  • the login account of the mobile phone is the login account of the instant messaging tool running on the mobile phone.
  • the login account of the mobile phone has been associated with a login account of social networking services(SNS)community running on the user’s computer.Therefore, the user’s computer is the relevance account login terminal of the mobile phone.
  • SNS social networking services
  • the relevance information obtained by the relevance information obtaining module 520 may include the login information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the login information includes login time of logining in the relevance account login terminal this time.
  • the login information also may include an identifier of the relevance account login terminal,such as network card MAC.
  • the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals and the positioned terminals may be in the same local area network(LAN).
  • the relevance information obtained by the relevance information obtaining module520 may include the network equipment information of the positioned terminals.
  • the network equipment information may be a unique identifier of the network management equipment used by the LAN or the public IP address.
  • the terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals can be considered as the terminals belonging to the same LAN.
  • the non-positioned terminals may be the terminals used by users have a special social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminal.
  • the social relationships between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals satisfy the predetermined condition.
  • the users having a special social relationship with the users corresponding to the positioned terminals may be the user’s family,colleagues, friends,and so on.
  • the relevance information obtained by the relevance information obtaining module520 includes the social relationship information of the users corresponding to the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance information may include personal relationship information,social interaction information,similarity of personal information,and so on.That whether the social relationship between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and users corresponding to other terminals satisfy the predetermined condition can be determined through the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance positioning module530 is used to obtain the location information of the relevance terminals according to the location information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  • the relevance terminals may be the terminals with the same region relevance with the positioned terminals.
  • the current location information of the relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
  • the current location information of the relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
  • the relevance positioning module530 may include a multi-terminal positioning unit531,a first terminal positioning unit 532,and a second terminal positioning unit533.
  • the multi-terminal positioning unit531 is used to obtain the location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the relevance account login terminals according to the login information of the relevance account login terminals,and considering the obtained location information as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals are associated with the login accounts of the positioned terminals(such as the same accounts or the same user’s multiply accounts). Therefore,when the time of logining in the relevance account login terminals and the time of positioning the positioned terminals are closer or coincident,the multi-terminal positioning unit531defines the obtained location information of the positioned terminals at the time of positioning the positioned terminals as the location information of the relevance account login terminals.For example,when a time difference between the login time of the relevance account login terminal and the latest positioning time of the positioned terminal is less than a predetermined threshold(such as three seconds),the first positioning terminal531defines the location information obtained at the positioning time of the positioned terminal as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • a predetermined threshold such as three seconds
  • the multi-terminal positioning unit531 may include a behavior obtaining unit5311and a behavior positioning unit5312.
  • the behavior obtaining unit5311 is used to obtain behavior information of the positioned terminals according to the location information obtained in a period of time of the positioned terminals and the corresponding positioning time.
  • the behavior information includes the constant location information of the positioned terminal and the period of time corresponding to the constant location information.
  • the period of time may be a latest week,or a latest month,or form starting positioning services to data.
  • the period of time also may be the time specified by the users.
  • the behavior information indicates the behavioral regularly of the positioned terminals.For example, generally,the positioned terminal is in xx building from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of workdays,and in xx residential area from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.
  • the behavior positioning unit5312 is used to obtain a period of time corresponding to the login time of the relevance account login terminals in the behavior information,and obtain the constant location information corresponding to the determined period of time to be used to be as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the login time obtained by the relevance information obtaining module520at a certain time(or several times)of the relevance account login terminal is twenty two o’clock on Wednesday
  • the period of time which the login time of the relevance account login terminal belongs to is from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.
  • the constant location of the positioned terminals is the xx residential area in the period of time from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.
  • the constant location information of the positioned terminals is used to be as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  • the first terminal positioning unit532 is used to obtain the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminal according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals are in the same LAN.
  • the locations of the terminals in the same LAN are concentrated.
  • the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminal can be determined according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the positioning information obtaining module510 can obtain the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals through processing the location information of the positioned terminals with the same network equipment information.
  • a process of processing the location information of the positioned terminals includes an aggregation process and a denoising process.
  • the second positioning unit532 aggregates the fifty positioned terminals firstly according the location information of the fifty positioned terminals.For example,two aggregations are obtained through aggregating the fifty positioned terminals.One of the two aggregations includes thirty eight positioned terminals. The other of the two aggregations includes ten positioned terminals.
  • the second terminal positioning unit533 is used to obtain the location information of the non-positioned terminals according to the location information and the social relationship information of the positioned terminals.
  • the social relationship between the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition.
  • the second terminal positioning terminal533 can determine whether the social relationship between the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the user corresponding to the positioned terminal satisfies the predetermined condition through the social relationship information of the positioned terminals.
  • the non-positioned terminals can be the terminals corresponding to the users that have a special social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.
  • the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals may be the family, colleagues,friends of the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.
  • the social relationship between the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the users corresponding to the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition,it indicates that the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the users corresponding to the positioned terminal are closer or often stay together. Therefore,the second terminal positioning unit533can obtain the location information of the non-positioned terminals according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  • the SNS service platform For example,for a user A and a user B using the SNS service platform,which a relationship between the user A and the user B is colleagues can be determined through the personal relationship information pre-recorded on the SNS service platform.That the user A and the user B are friends can be determined through some contents recorded on the SNS service platform. The contents may include chats between the user A and the user B using on the SNS service platform or a content of the user A and the user B participating in that discussion about the same topic together using the SNS service platform.
  • the second termial positioning unit533 considers the obtained location information of the terminal used by the user A in the period of work time as the location information of the terminal used by the user B.Further, referring to Fig.8,the users can be divided according to the users’social relationship information to get a plurality of social relationship groups.Social relationships among members of the social relationship groups satisfy the predetermined condition (the social relationships among the users with the lines satisfy the predetermined condition).Locations of other members of the social
  • the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium.When executed, the program may execute processes in the above-mentioned embodiments of methods.
  • the storage medium may be a magnetic disk,an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory(ROM), a Random Access Memory(RAM),et al.

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A method for positioning terminals includes obtaining location information of positioned terminals;obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals; obtaining location information of relevance terminals associated with the positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals. The invention is applied to improve coverage of a LBS service based on users' location information.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TERMIANL
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201310115968.4,filed April3,2013,the content of which is incorporated by  reference herein in its entirety for all purposes.
FIELD
The disclosure relates to location service fields,and particularly to a system and  method for positioning terminal.
BACKGROUND
The section provides background information related to the present disclosure  which is not necessarily prior art.
Location based services(LBS)provide all kinds of information services related  to locations to help users to obtain information,products and social relationships  based on regions.The LBS may position users’locations.In the related art,the  users’locations are positioned through existing positioning technologies such as  positioning satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(wifi)hotspot  equipments.The existing position technologies have the following defects:
(1)A positioning way based on the positioning satellite needs corresponding  satellite positioning modules(such as global positioning system,(GPS)),and locations  of network equipments near to users are positioned through only users’mobile  terminals.Therefore,the existing positioning technologies cannot be used by users  who have no mobile terminals and the users who have no the corresponding satellite  positioning module,such as personal computer terminal users.
(2)Because of network environment of users’terminals or settings of the users’ terminals,frequencies of the users’terminals transmitting equipment information may  be lower.When the equipment information fails to be transmitted by the users’ terminals,the users’terminals can be positioned.Therefore,a period of time  corresponding to the positioned locations may be less.
SUMMARY
The disclosed a method and device for positioning terminals are directed to solve  one or more problems set forth above and other problems.
This section provides a general summary of the disclosure,and is not a  comprehensive disclosure of its full scope or all of its features.
Further regions of applicability will become apparent from the description  provided herein.The description and specific examples in this summary are  intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the  present disclosure.
A method for positioning terminals,comprising:
obtaining location information of positioned terminals;
obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals;
obtaining location information of relevance terminals associated with the  positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance  information of the positioned terminals.
A device for positioning terminals,comprising:
a location information obtaining module configured to obtain obtaining location  information of positioned terminals;
a relevance information obtaining module configured to obtaining relevance  information of the positioned terminals;
a relevance positioning module configured to obtain location information of  relevance terminals associated with the positioned terminals according to the location  information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order to illustrate the embodiments or existing technical solutions more clearly, a brief description of drawings that assists the description of embodiments of the  invention or existing art will be provided below.It would be apparent that the  drawings in the following description are only for some of the embodiments of the  invention.A person having ordinary skills in the art will be able to obtain other  drawings on the basis of these drawings without paying any creative work.
Fig.1is a flowchart of an example of a method for positioning terminals  according to various embodiments;
Fig.2is a flowchart of another example of a method for positioning terminals  according to various embodiments;
Fig.3is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning  terminals according to various embodiments;
Fig.4is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for positioning  terminals according to various embodiments;
Fig.5is a block diagram of an example of a device for positioning terminals  according to various embodiments,the device including a relevance positioning  module and a multi-terminal positioning module;
Fig.6is a block diagram of the relevance positioning module of Fig.5;
Fig.7is a block diagram of the multi-terminal positioning module of Fig.5;
Fig.8is a schematic diagram of social relationship groups;
Fig.9depicts an exemplary environment incorporating certain disclosed  embodiments;and
Fig.10depicts an exemplary computing system consistent with the disclosed  embodiments.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention will be illustrated  clearly and entirely with the aid of the drawings in the embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the illustrated embodiments are only some embodiments of the  invention instead of all of them.Other embodiments that a person having ordinary  skills in the art obtains based on the illustrated embodiments of the invention without  paying any creative work should all be within the protection scope sought by the  present invention.
Fig.9depicts an exemplary environment600incorporating exemplary methods  and systems for position terminals in accordance with various disclosed embodiments. As shown in Fig.8,the environment600can include a server604,a terminal606,and  a communication network602.The server604and the terminal606may be coupled  through the communication network602for information exchange including,e.g., sending/receive location information of a terminal,obtaining relevance information of  the terminal,sending location information of relevance terminals,etc.Although  only one terminal606and one server604are shown in the environment600,any  number of terminals606or servers604may be included,and other devices may also  be included.
The communication network602may include any appropriate type of  communication network for providing network connections to the server604and  terminal606or among multiple servers604or terminals606.For example,the  communication network602may include the Internet or other types of computer  networks or telecommunication networks,either wired or wireless.
A terminal,as used herein,may refer to any appropriate user terminal with  certain computing capabilities,e.g.,a personal computer(PC),a work station  computer,a hand-held computing device(e.g.,a tablet),a mobile terminal(e.g.,a  mobile phone or a smart phone),or any other client-side computing device.
A server,as used herein,may refer to one or more server computers configured  to provide certain server functionalities,e.g.,receiving location information of a  terminal,relevance information obtaining,relevance information processing,sending  location information of relevance terminals,etc.A server may also include one or  more processors to execute computer programs in parallel.
The server604and the terminal606may be implemented on any appropriate  computing platform.FIG.9shows a block diagram of an exemplary computing  system700(or computer system700)capable of implementing the server604and/or  the terminal606.As shown in FIG.9,the exemplary computer system700may  include a processor702,a storage medium704,a monitor706,a communication  module708,a database710,peripherals712,and one or more bus714to couple the  devices together.Certain devices may be omitted and other devices may be  included.
The processor702can include any appropriate processor or processors.Further, the processor702can include multiple cores for multi-thread or parallel processing. The storage medium704may include memory modules,e.g.,Read-Only Memory (ROM),Random Access Memory(RAM),and flash memory modules,and mass  storages,e.g.,CD-ROM,U-disk,removable hard disk,etc.The storage medium704 may store computer programs for implementing various processes(e.g.,receiving  location information,obtaining relevance information,processing relevance  information,etc.),when executed by the processor702.
The monitor706may include display devices for displaying contents in the  computing system700,e.g.,displaying location information of relevance terminals or  location information interface.The peripherals712may include I/O devices such as  keyboard and mouse.
Further,the communication module708may include network devices for  establishing connections through the communication network602.The database710 may include one or more databases for storing certain data and for performing certain  operations on the stored data,e.g.,storing location information a terminals,terminal  IDs,relevance information of the terminals,and location information of relevance  terminals,or any other suitable data searching and management operations.
In operation,the terminal606may cause the server604to perform certain  actions,e.g.,receiving location information of a terminal,obtaining relevance  information of the terminals,and returning location information of relevance  terminals,etc.The server604may be configured to provide structures and functions  for such actions and operations.More particularly,the server604may include a  management server,a messaging server,a positioning server,or any other suitable  servers for corresponding functions.
In various embodiments,a terminal involved in the disclosed methods and  systems can include the terminal606,while a server involved in the disclosed  methods and systems can include the server604.The methods and systems  disclosed in accordance with various embodiments can be executed by a computer  system.In one embodiment,the disclosed methods and systems can be implemented  by a server.
Various embodiments provide methods and systems for processing report  information.The methods and systems are illustrated in various examples described  herein.
Referring to Fig.1,it is a flowchart of an example of a method for positioning  terminals according to various embodiments.The method may be applied to  equipments supplying all kinds of LBS services or backend servers.The method  includes the following steps.
Step S101:obtaining location information of positioned terminals.
Specifically,the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through  existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity (WiFi)hotspot devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing  positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi) hotspot devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained. The positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location  information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.The location  information may be longitude and latitude,coordinates on the maps,graphic,word,or  other means,to indicate geographic location information of the positioned terminals. Preferably,when the location information of the positioned terminal is obtained, positioning time of obtaining the position information this time may be recorded.
Step102:obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals.
In practice,the relevance information may be the relevance information between  the positioned terminals and relevance terminals.The relevance terminals are the  terminals having region relevance relationships with the positioned terminals.The  relevance terminals may include relevance account login terminals,first  non-positioned terminals,and second non-positioned terminals.Login accounts of  the relevance account login terminals are associated with login accounts of the  positioned terminals.The first non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals  have the same network equipment information.Social relationships between the  second non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfy a predetermined  condition.
The login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the long account  of the positioned terminals may be the same.Or the login accounts of the relevance  account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the positioned  terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals  and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different service  platform,or have the relevance relationship established by associated users in the  same server.For example,the users can use the same login account to login in an  instant messaging tool in a mobile phone and a personal computer.The mobile  phone is the relevance account login terminal of the personal computer.Another  example,the mobile phone is the positioned terminal.The login account of the  mobile phone is the login account of the instant messaging tool running on the mobile  phone.The login account of the mobile phone has been associated with a login  account of social networking services(SNS)community running on the user’s  computer.Therefore,the user’s computer is the relevance account login terminal of  the mobile phone.The relevance information may include login information of the  relevance account login terminal.The login information includes login time of  logining in the relevance account login terminal this time.The login information  also may include an identifier of the relevance account login terminal,such as  network card MAC.
The non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as  the positioned terminals and the positioned terminals may be in the same local area  network(LAN).The relevance information may include the network equipment  information of the positioned terminals.The network equipment information may be  a unique identifier of the network management equipment used by the LAN or the  public IP address.The terminals with the same network equipment information as  the positioned terminals can be considered as the terminals belonging to the same  LAN.
The non-positioned terminals may be the terminals used by users have a special  social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminal.The social  relationships between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and the  users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals satisfy the predetermined  condition.The users having a special social relationship with the users  corresponding to the positioned terminals may be the user’s family,colleagues, friends,and so on.The relevance information includes the social relationship  information of the users corresponding to the positioned terminals.In detail,the  relevance information may include personal relationship information,social  interaction information,similarity of personal information,and so on.That whether  the social relationship between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals  and users corresponding to other terminals satisfy the predetermined condition can be  determined through the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
Step103:obtaining location information of relevance terminals associated with  the positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance  information of the positioned terminals.The relevance terminals may be the  terminals with the same region relevance with the positioned terminals.When the  relevance terminals are not mobile terminals and have no the corresponding satellite  positioning modules,the current location information of the relevance terminals  cannot be obtained.Or because of the network environment of the relevance  terminals or settings of the relevance terminals,the current location information of the  relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
In practice,for the relevance account login terminals,the login accounts of the  relevance account login terminals are associated with the login accounts of the  positioned terminals(such as the same accounts or the same user’s multiply accounts). Therefore,when the time of logining in the relevance account login terminals and the  time of positioning the positioned terminals are closer or coincident,the obtained  location information of the positioned terminals at the time of positioning the  positioned terminals is defined as the location information of the relevance account  login terminals.
For the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information  as the positioned terminals,the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals  are in the same LAN.Generally,the locations of the terminals in the same LAN are  concentrated.Therefore,the location information of the non-positioned terminals  with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminal can be  determined according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
For the non-positioned terminals,owing to the social relationship between the  non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfy the predetermined  condition,it indicates that the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and  the users corresponding to the positioned terminals are closer and often stay together. Therefore,the location information of the non-positioned terminals can be obtained  according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
Three examples are taken to illustrate a process of obtaining the location  information of the relevance terminals below.
Fig.2,it is it is a flowchart of another example of a method for positioning  terminals according to various embodiments.The method includes the following  steps.
Step201:obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals and  positioning time correspond to the location information.The positioned terminals  may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning ways based on satellites, mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices.When the  positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning ways based on  satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot devices,the location  information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.The positioned terminals  also can be the terminals corresponding to the location information obtained by using  the method of the embodiment.In the embodiment,the location information of the  positioned terminals and the positioning time corresponding to the location  information this time may be recorded to be used to be as references of the following  obtained behavior information of the positioned terminals.
Step202:obtaining the login information of the relevance account login terminal  associated with the positioned terminals.The login information includes login time, and further includes an identifier of the relevance account login terminal,to  distinguish multiply relevance account login terminals,such as network card MAC, etc..The login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the login  account of the positioned terminals may be the same.Or the login accounts of the  relevance account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the  positioned terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login  terminals and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different  service platform,or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and  the positioned terminals have a relationship been established by associated users in  the same server.
Step203:obtaining location information of the positioned terminals  corresponding to the relevance account login terminals according to the login  information of the relevance account login terminals,and considering the obtained  location information as the location information of the relevance account login  terminal.Specifically,for example,when a time difference between the login time  of the relevance account login terminal and the latest positioning time of the  positioned terminal is less than a predetermined threshold(such as three seconds),the  location information obtained at the positioning time of the positioned terminal is  considered as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
Further,the behavior information of the positioned terminals can be obtained  according to the location information obtained in a period of time of the positioned  terminals and the corresponding positioning time.The behavior information  includes the constant location information of the positioned terminal and the period of  time corresponding to the constant location information.A period of time  corresponding to the login time of the relevance account login terminals in the  behavior information can be determined.The constant location information  corresponding to the determined period of time can be obtained to be used to be as the  location information of the relevance account login terminal.
Specifically,the period of time may be a latest week,or a latest month,or form  starting positioning services to data.The period of time also may be the time  specified by the users.The behavior information of the positioned terminals can be  obtained through the location information of the positioned terminals and the  corresponding positioning time in the determined period of time.The behavior  information indicates the behavioral regularly of the positioned terminals.The  location information of the relevance account login terminal can be obtained through  the login time of the relevance account login terminal and the behavioral regularly of  the positioned terminal.For example,generally,the positioned terminal is in xx  building from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of workdays,and in xx residential area  from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.If the login  time obtained at a certain time(or several times)of the relevance account login  terminal is twenty two o’clock on Wednesday,the period of time which the login time  of the relevance account login terminal belongs to is from twenty one o’clock in the  night to eight o’clock of the second day.The constant location of the positioned  terminals is the xx residential area in the period of time from twenty one o’clock in  the night to eight o’clock of the second day.Therefore,the constant location  information of the positioned terminals is used to be as the location information of the  relevance account login terminals.When the login time obtained at a certain time  (or several times)of another relevance account login terminal corresponding to the  positioned terminals is ten o’clock on Monday,the period of time which the login  time of another account login terminal corresponding to the positioned terminals  belongs to is from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of the workdays.The constant  location of the positioned terminals in the period of time from nine o’clock to  eighteen o’clock of the workdays is the xx building.Therefore,the constant location  information of the positioned terminals is used to be the location information of  another relevance account login terminal.The different relevance account login  terminals corresponding to the same positioned terminal can be distinguished through  the identifiers of the obtained login information.As mentioned,the relevance  account login terminals in the period of work time may be personal computers of an  office.The relevance account login terminals in the period of rest time may be  notebook computers of the user’s home.The personal computers of the office and  the notebook computers of the user’s home have the corresponding identifier,such  network MAC.
Referring to Fig.3,it is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for  positioning terminals according to various embodiments.The method includes the  following steps.
Step301:obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals.The  positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning  ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot  devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning  ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot  devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.The  positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location  information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.
Step302:obtaining the network equipment information of the positioned  terminals.The network equipment information may be the unique identifier of the  internet gateway device used by the LAN,or the public IP address.Preferably,after  obtaining the network equipment information of the positioned terminals,the step301  may be implemented to obtain the location information of the all positioned terminals  with the same network equipment information.
Step303:obtaining the location information of the non-positioned terminals with  the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals according to the  location information of the positioned terminals.The non-positioned terminals with  the same network equipment information as the positioned terminals and the  positioned terminals are in the same LAN.Owing to the region locations of the  terminals in the same LAN are concentrated,the location information of the  non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals can be determined according to the location information of the  positioned terminals.
In practice,the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the  same network equipment information as the positioned terminals can be obtained  through processing the location information of the positioned terminals with the same  network equipment information.A process of processing the location information of  the positioned terminals includes an aggregation process and a denoising process. Suppose there are one hundred terminals in a LAN.Wherein,fifty terminals in the  one hundred terminals are positioned terminals.The fifty positioned terminals are  aggregated firstly according the location information of the fifty positioned terminals. For example,two aggregations are obtained through aggregating the fifty positioned  terminals.One of the two aggregations includes thirty eight positioned terminals. The other of the two aggregations includes ten positioned terminals.Owing to the  data of the remaining two positioned terminals are error,the distances between the  locations of the remaining two positioned terminals of the fifty positioned terminals  and the locations of the other positioned terminals of the fifty positioned terminals are  larger(such as the distance is more than10kilometers).Therefore,the remaining  two positioned terminals can be cleared away firstly.The aggregation including the  thirty eight terminals is selected.Location information of a center of the selected  aggregation is obtained to be used to be as location information of the other fifty  non-positioned terminals in the LAN.For example,the location of the center of the  selected aggregation may be a center of a geometric figure composed by the thirty  eight terminals,or a location from which a distance to the thirty eight terminals is the  shortest.
Referring to Fig.4,it is a flowchart of a yet another example of a method for  positioning terminals according to various embodiments.The method includes the  following steps.
Step401:obtaining the location information of the positioned terminal.The  positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through existing positioning  ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot  devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing positioning  ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi)hotspot  devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained.The  positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location  information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.Preferably,the  positioning time corresponding to the location information obtained this time may be  recorded when the location information of the positioned terminals is obtained.
Step402:obtaining the social relationship information of the positioned  terminals.Specifically,the social relationship information may include personal  relationships information,social interaction information,a similarity of personal data, and so on.
Step403:obtaining the location information of the non-positioned terminals  according to the location information and the social relationship information of the  positioned terminals.The social relationship between the non-positioned terminals  and the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition.Specifically,that  whether the social relationship between the users corresponding to the non-positioned  terminals and the user corresponding to the positioned terminal satisfies the  predetermined condition can be determined through the social relationship  information of the positioned terminals.For example,the non-positioned terminals  can be the terminals corresponding to the users that have a special social relationship  with the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.The users corresponding to  the non-positioned terminals may be the family,colleagues,friends of the user  corresponding to the positioned terminals.When the social relationship between the  users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the users corresponding to  the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition,it indicates that the  users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the users corresponding to  the positioned terminal are closer or often stay together.
For example,for a user A and a user B using the SNS service platform,which a  relationship between the user A and the user B is colleagues can be determined  through the personal relationship information pre-recorded on the SNS service  platform.That the user A and the user B are friends can be determined through some  contents recorded on the SNS service platform.The contents may include chats  between the user A and the user B using on the SNS service platform or a content of  the user A and the user B participating in that discussion about the same topic together  using the SNS service platform.The obtained location information of the terminal  used by the user A in the period of work time can be considered as the location  information of the terminal used by the user B.
Further,referring to Fig.8,the users can be divided according to the users’social  relationship information to get a plurality of social relationship groups.Social  relationships among members of the social relationship groups satisfy the  predetermined condition(the social relationships among the users with the lines  satisfy the predetermined condition).Locations of other members of the social  relationship groups can be obtained according to the social relationship among the  members of the social relationship groups and the behavior regularity obtained  according to the location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the  users from the social relationship groups.The social relationships among the  members of the social relationship groups are colleagues working in the same  company.The pre-obtained behavior regularities of the two members corresponding  to the positioned terminals are in xx building in the period of workday form nine  o’clock to eighteen o’clock.Therefore,the location is considered as the locations of  the terminals used by other members of the social relationship groups in the period of  time.
Referring to Fig.5,it is a block diagram of a device for positioning terminals  according to various embodiments.The device of the embodiment may be applied  to equipments supplying all kinds of LBS services or backend servers.The device  includes a location information obtaining module510,a relevance information  obtaining module520,and a relevance positioning module530.
The location information obtaining module510is used to obtain location  information of positioned terminals.
In practice,the positioned terminals may be the terminals positioned through  existing positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity (WiFi)hotspot devices.When the positioned terminals are positioned through existing  positioning ways based on satellites,mobile base stations or wireless fidelity(WiFi) hotspot devices,the location information of the positioned terminals can be obtained. The positioned terminals also can be the terminals corresponding to the location  information obtained by using the method of the embodiment.The location  information may be longitude and latitude,coordinates on the maps,graphic,word,or  other means,to indicate geographic location information of the positioned terminals. Preferably,when the location information of the positioned terminal is obtained, positioning time of obtaining the position information this time may be recorded.In  the embodiment,the location information of the positioned terminals and the  positioning time corresponding to the location information this time may be recorded  to be used to be as references of the following obtained behavior information of the  positioned terminals.
The relevance information obtaining module520is used to obtain relevance  information of the positioned terminals.
In practice,the relevance information may be the relevance information between  the positioned terminals and relevance terminals.The relevance terminals are the  terminals having region relevance relationships with the positioned terminals.The  relevance terminals may include relevance account login terminals,first  non-positioned terminals,and second non-positioned terminals.Login accounts of  the relevance account login terminals are associated with login accounts of the  positioned terminals.The first non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals  have the same network equipment information.Social relationships between the  second non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfy a predetermined  condition.
The login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the long account  of the positioned terminals may be the same.Or the login accounts of the relevance  account login terminals may be associated with the login accounts of the positioned  terminals in advance,and the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals  and the positioned terminals are used by the same users on the different service  platform,or the login accounts of the relevance account login terminals and the  positioned terminals have a relationship established by associated users in the same  server.For example,the users can use the same login account to login in an instant  messaging tool in a mobile phone and a personal computer.The mobile phone is the  relevance account login terminal of the personal computer.Another example,the  mobile phone is the positioned terminal.The login account of the mobile phone is  the login account of the instant messaging tool running on the mobile phone.The  login account of the mobile phone has been associated with a login account of social  networking services(SNS)community running on the user’s computer.Therefore, the user’s computer is the relevance account login terminal of the mobile phone. The relevance information obtained by the relevance information obtaining module  520may include the login information of the relevance account login terminal.The  login information includes login time of logining in the relevance account login  terminal this time.The login information also may include an identifier of the  relevance account login terminal,such as network card MAC.
The non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as  the positioned terminals and the positioned terminals may be in the same local area  network(LAN).The relevance information obtained by the relevance information  obtaining module520may include the network equipment information of the  positioned terminals.The network equipment information may be a unique  identifier of the network management equipment used by the LAN or the public IP  address.The terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals can be considered as the terminals belonging to the same LAN.
The non-positioned terminals may be the terminals used by users have a special  social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminal.The social  relationships between the users corresponding to the positioned terminals and the  users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals satisfy the predetermined  condition.The users having a special social relationship with the users  corresponding to the positioned terminals may be the user’s family,colleagues, friends,and so on.The relevance information obtained by the relevance information  obtaining module520includes the social relationship information of the users  corresponding to the positioned terminals.In detail,the relevance information may  include personal relationship information,social interaction information,similarity of  personal information,and so on.That whether the social relationship between the  users corresponding to the positioned terminals and users corresponding to other  terminals satisfy the predetermined condition can be determined through the relevance  information of the positioned terminals.
The relevance positioning module530is used to obtain the location information  of the relevance terminals according to the location information and the relevance  information of the positioned terminals.The relevance terminals may be the  terminals with the same region relevance with the positioned terminals.When the  relevance terminals are not mobile terminals and have no the corresponding satellite  positioning modules,the current location information of the relevance terminals  cannot be obtained.Or because of the network environment of the relevance  terminals or settings of the relevance terminals,the current location information of the  relevance terminals cannot be obtained.
Referring to Fig.6,in the embodiment,the relevance positioning module530 may include a multi-terminal positioning unit531,a first terminal positioning unit 532,and a second terminal positioning unit533.
The multi-terminal positioning unit531is used to obtain the location information  of the positioned terminals corresponding to the relevance account login terminals  according to the login information of the relevance account login terminals,and  considering the obtained location information as the location information of the  relevance account login terminal.
In practice,for the relevance account login terminals,the login accounts of the  relevance account login terminals are associated with the login accounts of the  positioned terminals(such as the same accounts or the same user’s multiply accounts). Therefore,when the time of logining in the relevance account login terminals and the  time of positioning the positioned terminals are closer or coincident,the  multi-terminal positioning unit531defines the obtained location information of the  positioned terminals at the time of positioning the positioned terminals as the location  information of the relevance account login terminals.For example,when a time  difference between the login time of the relevance account login terminal and the  latest positioning time of the positioned terminal is less than a predetermined  threshold(such as three seconds),the first positioning terminal531defines the  location information obtained at the positioning time of the positioned terminal as the  location information of the relevance account login terminal.
Referring to Fig.7,the multi-terminal positioning unit531may include a  behavior obtaining unit5311and a behavior positioning unit5312.
The behavior obtaining unit5311is used to obtain behavior information of the  positioned terminals according to the location information obtained in a period of time  of the positioned terminals and the corresponding positioning time.The behavior  information includes the constant location information of the positioned terminal and  the period of time corresponding to the constant location information.The period of  time may be a latest week,or a latest month,or form starting positioning services to  data.The period of time also may be the time specified by the users.The behavior  obtaining unit5311obtains the behavior information of the positioned terminals  through the location information of the positioned terminals and the corresponding  positioning time in the determined period of time.The behavior information  indicates the behavioral regularly of the positioned terminals.For example, generally,the positioned terminal is in xx building from nine o’clock to eighteen  o’clock of workdays,and in xx residential area from twenty one o’clock in the night  to eight o’clock of the second day.
The behavior positioning unit5312is used to obtain a period of time  corresponding to the login time of the relevance account login terminals in the  behavior information,and obtain the constant location information corresponding to  the determined period of time to be used to be as the location information of the  relevance account login terminal.For example,the login time obtained by the  relevance information obtaining module520at a certain time(or several times)of the  relevance account login terminal is twenty two o’clock on Wednesday,the period of  time which the login time of the relevance account login terminal belongs to is from  twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.The constant  location of the positioned terminals is the xx residential area in the period of time  from twenty one o’clock in the night to eight o’clock of the second day.Therefore, the constant location information of the positioned terminals is used to be as the  location information of the relevance account login terminal.When the login time  obtained at a certain time(or several times)of another relevance account login  terminal corresponding to the positioned terminals is ten o’clock on Monday,the  period of time which the login time of another account login terminal corresponding  to the positioned terminals belongs to is from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of the  workdays.The constant location of the positioned terminals in the period of time  from nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock of the workdays is the xx building.Therefore, the constant location information of the positioned terminals is used to be the location  information of another relevance account login terminal.The different relevance  account login terminals corresponding to the same positioned terminal can be  distinguished through the identifiers of the obtained login information.As  mentioned,the relevance account login terminals in the period of work time may be  personal computers of an office.The relevance account login terminals in the period  of rest time may be notebook computers of the user’s home.The personal computers  of the office and the notebook computers of the user’s home have the corresponding  identifier,such network MAC.
The first terminal positioning unit532is used to obtain the location information  of the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminal according to the location information of the positioned terminals. For the non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals,the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals are in  the same LAN.Generally,the locations of the terminals in the same LAN are  concentrated.Therefore,the location information of the non-positioned terminals  with the same network equipment information as the positioned terminal can be  determined according to the location information of the positioned terminals.In the  embodiment,the positioning information obtaining module510can obtain the  location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same network  equipment information as the positioned terminals through processing the location  information of the positioned terminals with the same network equipment information. A process of processing the location information of the positioned terminals includes  an aggregation process and a denoising process.Suppose there are one hundred  terminals in a LAN.Wherein,fifty terminals in the one hundred terminals are  positioned terminals.The second positioning unit532aggregates the fifty  positioned terminals firstly according the location information of the fifty positioned  terminals.For example,two aggregations are obtained through aggregating the fifty  positioned terminals.One of the two aggregations includes thirty eight positioned  terminals.The other of the two aggregations includes ten positioned terminals. Owing to the data of the remaining two positioned terminals are error,the distances  between the locations of the remaining two positioned terminals of the fifty positioned  terminals and the locations of the other positioned terminals of the fifty positioned  terminals are larger(such as the distance is more than10kilometers).Therefore, the remaining two positioned terminals can be cleared away firstly.The first  terminal positioning unit532selects the aggregation including the thirty eight  terminals.Location information of a center of the selected aggregation is obtained to  be used to be as location information of the other fifty non-positioned terminals in the  LAN.For example,the location of the center of the selected aggregation may be a  center of a geometric figure composed by the thirty eight terminals,or a location from  which a distance to the thirty eight terminals is the shortest.The first terminal  positioning unit532defines the location information of the center of the selected  aggregation as the location information of the other fifty non-positioned terminals in  the LAN.
The second terminal positioning unit533is used to obtain the location  information of the non-positioned terminals according to the location information and  the social relationship information of the positioned terminals.The social  relationship between the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals  satisfies the predetermined condition.In practice,the second terminal positioning  terminal533can determine whether the social relationship between the users  corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and the user corresponding to the  positioned terminal satisfies the predetermined condition through the social  relationship information of the positioned terminals.For example,the  non-positioned terminals can be the terminals corresponding to the users that have a  special social relationship with the user corresponding to the positioned terminals. The users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals may be the family, colleagues,friends of the user corresponding to the positioned terminals.When the  social relationship between the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals  and the users corresponding to the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined  condition,it indicates that the users corresponding to the non-positioned terminals and  the users corresponding to the positioned terminal are closer or often stay together. Therefore,the second terminal positioning unit533can obtain the location  information of the non-positioned terminals according to the location information of  the positioned terminals.
For example,for a user A and a user B using the SNS service platform,which a  relationship between the user A and the user B is colleagues can be determined  through the personal relationship information pre-recorded on the SNS service  platform.That the user A and the user B are friends can be determined through some  contents recorded on the SNS service platform.The contents may include chats  between the user A and the user B using on the SNS service platform or a content of  the user A and the user B participating in that discussion about the same topic together  using the SNS service platform.The second termial positioning unit533considers  the obtained location information of the terminal used by the user A in the period of  work time as the location information of the terminal used by the user B.Further, referring to Fig.8,the users can be divided according to the users’social relationship  information to get a plurality of social relationship groups.Social relationships  among members of the social relationship groups satisfy the predetermined condition (the social relationships among the users with the lines satisfy the predetermined  condition).Locations of other members of the social relationship groups can be  obtained according to the social relationship among the members of the social  relationship groups and the behavior regularity obtained according to the location  information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the users from the social  relationship groups.The social relationships among the members of the social  relationship groups are colleagues working in the same company.The pre-obtained  behavior regularities of the two members corresponding to the positioned terminals  are in xx building in the period of workday form nine o’clock to eighteen o’clock. Therefore,the location is considered as the locations of the terminals used by other  members of the social relationship groups in the period of time.
In the embodiment,it is can be realized that obtaining the location information of  the non-positioned terminals with the region relevance with the positioned terminals  through obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals and the  relevance information.Therefore,the coverage of the LBS service based on the  users’location information is improved.
A person having ordinary skills in the art can realize that part or whole of the  processes in the methods according to the above embodiments may be implemented  by a computer program instructing relevant hardware.The program may be stored  in a computer readable storage medium.When executed,the program may execute  processes in the above-mentioned embodiments of methods.The storage medium  may be a magnetic disk,an optical disk,a Read-Only Memory(ROM),a Random  Access Memory(RAM),et al.
The above descriptions are some exemplary embodiments of the invention,and  should not be regarded as limitation to the scope of related claims.A person having  ordinary skills in a relevant technical field will be able to make improvements and  modifications within the spirit of the principle of the invention.The improvements  and modifications should also be incorporated in the scope of the claims attached  below.

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  1. A method for positioning terminals,comprising:
    obtaining location information of positioned terminals;
    obtaining relevance information of the positioned terminals;
    obtaining location information of relevance terminals associated with the  positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance  information of the positioned terminals.
  2. The method according to claim1,wherein the obtaining location information of  positioned terminals comprises:
    obtaining the location information of the positioned terminals and positioning  time correspond to the location information;wherein the relevance terminals are  relevance account login terminals of the positioned terminals,the relevance  information of the positioned terminals comprises login information of the relevance  account login terminals of the positioned terminals,the login information comprises  login time;the obtaining the location information of relevance terminals associated  with the positioned terminals according to the location information and the relevance  information of the positioned terminals comprises:
    obtaining location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to the  relevance account login terminals according to the login information of the relevance  account login terminals,and considering the obtained location information as the  location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  3. The method according to claim2,wherein the obtaining location information of the  positioned terminals corresponding to the relevance account login terminals according  to the login time of the relevance account login terminals comprises:
    obtaining behavior information of the positioned terminals according to the  location information obtained in a period of time of the positioned terminals and the  corresponding positioning time,wherein the behavior information comprises constant  location information of the positioned terminal and the period of time corresponding  to the constant location information;
    obtaining a period of time corresponding to the login time of the relevance  account login terminals in the behavior information,obtaining constant location  information corresponding to the determined period of time,and considering the  constant location as the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  4. The method according to claim1,wherein the relevance terminals are the  non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals,the relevance information of the positioned terminals comprises  network equipment information of the positioned terminals;the obtaining the location  information of the relevance terminals according to the location information and the  relevance information of the positioned terminals comprises:
    obtaining location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same  network equipment information as the positioned terminals according to the location  information of the positioned terminals.
  5. The method according to claim4,wherein the obtaining the location information of  the positioned terminals comprises:
    obtaining location information of the positioned terminals with the same network  equipment information;wherein the obtaining the location information of the  non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals according to the location information of the positioned terminals  comprises:
    obtaining the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the same  network equipment information as the positioned terminals according to the location  information of the positioned terminals with the same network equipment  information.
  6. The method according to claim1,wherein the relevance terminals are the  non-positioned terminals,and the social relationship between the positioned terminals  and the non-positioned terminals satisfies a predetermined condition,the relevance  information of the positioned terminals comprises the social relationship information  of the positioned terminals;the obtaining the location information of the relevance  terminals according to the location information and the relevance information of the  positioned terminals comprises:
    obtaining location information of the non-positioned terminals according to the  location information and the social relationship information of the positioned  terminals,wherein the social relationship between the non-positioned terminals and  the positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition.
  7. A device for positioning terminals,comprising:
    a location information obtaining module configured to obtain obtaining location  information of positioned terminals;
    a relevance information obtaining module configured to obtaining relevance  information of the positioned terminals;
    a relevance positioning module configured to obtain location information of  relevance terminals associated with the positioned terminals according to the location  information and the relevance information of the positioned terminals.
  8. The device according to claim7,wherein the location information obtaining  module is configured to obtain the location information of the positioned terminals  and positioning time correspond to the location information,the relevance terminals  are relevance account login terminals of the positioned terminals,the relevance  information of the positioned terminals comprises login information of the relevance  account login terminals of the positioned terminals,the login information comprises  login time,the relevance position module comprises a multi-terminal positioning unit  configured to obtain location information of the positioned terminals corresponding to  the relevance account login terminals according to the login information of the  relevance account login terminals,and consider the obtained location information as  the location information of the relevance account login terminal.
  9. The device according to claim8,wherein the multi-terminal positioning unit  comprises:
    a behavior obtaining unit configured to obtaining behavior information of the  positioned terminals according to the location information obtained in a period of time  of the positioned terminals and the corresponding positioning time,wherein the  behavior information comprises constant location information of the positioned  terminal and the period of time corresponding to the constant location information;
    a behavior positioning unit configured to obtaining a period of time  corresponding to the login time of the relevance account login terminals in the  behavior information,obtaining constant location information corresponding to the  determined period of time,and considering the constant location as the location  information of the relevance account login terminal.
  10. The device according to claim7,wherein the relevance terminals are  non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals,the relevance information of the positioned terminals comprises  network equipment information of the positioned terminals,the relevance positioning  module comprises:
    a first terminal positioning unit configured to obtain location information of the  non-positioned terminals with the same network equipment information as the  positioned terminals according to the location information of the positioned terminals.
  11. The device according to claim10,wherein the location information obtaining  module is configured to obtain location information of the positioned terminals with  the same network equipment information;the first terminal positioning unit is  configured to obtain the location information of the non-positioned terminals with the  same network equipment information as the positioned terminals according to the  location information of the positioned terminals with the same network equipment  information.
  12. The device according to claim7,wherein the relevance terminals are the  non-positioned terminals and the social relationship between the positioned terminals  and the non-positioned terminals satisfies the predetermined condition,the relevance  information of the positioned terminals comprises the social relationship information  of the positioned terminals,the relevance positioning module comprises:
    a second terminal positioning unit configured to obtain location information of  the non-positioned terminals according to the location information and the social  relationship information of the positioned terminals,wherein the social relationship  between the non-positioned terminals and the positioned terminals satisfies the  predetermined condition.
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