Patent №
US 11,240,327
Granted
2022-02-01
Filed 2020
Owner
AOL ADVERTISING INC.
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Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
17024256
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; for each source IP address for which requests were received over a predetermined time period from a number of Internet-enabled devices below a threshold number of devices, identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; and for each possible pair of devices, calculating a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user.
AI classification
Ownership
AOL ADVERTISING INC.
assignment · 540730693
VERIZON MEDIA INC.
namechg · 541010791
OATH (AMERICAS) INC.
namechg · 541010871
Assignors
MILLER, NICHOLAS P., EDWARDS, SIMON D., MILFORD, ALAN J., KIM, DENYS P., SCHELFHOUT, BART W.R.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.