Determining qualified devices using zone information

Abstract

Determining qualified devices using zone information is disclosed. Traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location is received. At least some of the devices included in the set are qualified as qualified devices. A set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices is crated. Information associated with the set of sessions is provided as output.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a processor configured to:
 receive traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location; 
 qualify at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices; 
 create a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and 
 provide as output information associated with the set of sessions; and 
   a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the processor is further configured to remove at least one unqualified devices from the set of devices. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the processor is further configured to mark any unqualified devices as banned. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the processor is configured to qualify at least some of the devices by filtering out devices that are likely to belong to employees. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the processor is configured to qualify at least some of the devices by filtering out devices that are likely to be computing equipment not carried by an individual. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the qualifying is performed based at least in part on a pre-existing list of devices. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the qualifying is performed based at least in part on an examination of features associated with the received traffic. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7  wherein examining the features includes using a decision tree in evaluation. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the qualifying includes excluding devices based on a duration of observation. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the duration is a minimum amount of time threshold. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the duration is a maximum amount of time threshold. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the processor is further configured to add a given device included in the set of devices to a blacklist of devices based at least in part on a determination that the given device was observed for a duration that exceeds the threshold. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1  wherein creating the set of sessions includes determining a mapping between a sensor and a zone. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1  wherein creating the set of sessions includes determining an amount of time a given time was observed by a set of one or more sensors. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the output includes a set of metrics associated with a duration and a location of at least some of the qualified devices. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the output includes await time. 
     
     
         17 . A method, comprising:
 receiving traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location;   qualifying at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices;   creating a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and   providing as output information associated with the set of sessions.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising removing at least one unqualified device from the set of devices. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1  wherein qualifying at least some of the devices includes filtering out devices that probabilistically do not belong to visitors. 
     
     
         20 . A computer program product embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
 receiving traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location;   qualifying at least some of the devices included in the set of devices as qualified devices;   creating a set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices; and   providing as output information associated with the set of sessions.