METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANONYMOUSLY TRACKING AND/OR ANALYSING INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS AND/OR OBJECTS BASED ON IDENTIFYING DATA OF WLAN/WPAN DEVICES

摘要

Methods and systems for anonymously tracking and/or analysing flow or movement of individuals based on identifying information of WLAN and/or WPAN devices. In particular, there is provided a computer-implemented method for enabling anonymous estimation of the amount and/or flow of individual subjects and/or objects, called individuals, in a population moving and/or coinciding between two or more subject states based on identifying information of WLAN and/or WPAN devices. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S1) identifying data from two or more individuals, wherein the identifying data of each individual includes and/or is based on identifying information of a WLAN and/or WPAN device; generating (S2), online and by one or more processors, an anonymized identifier for each individual; and storing (S3): the anonymized identifier of each individual together with data representing a subject state; and/or a skew measure of such an anonymized identifier.