Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clustering cookies for identifying unique mobile devices
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Application No.: US12978186Application Date: 2010-12-23
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Publication No.: US08396822B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: Anirban Dasgupta , Liang Zhang , Maxim Gurevich , Achint Oommen Thomas , Belle Tseng
- Applicant: Anirban Dasgupta , Liang Zhang , Maxim Gurevich , Achint Oommen Thomas , Belle Tseng
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP
- Agent John W. Branch
- Main IPC: G06N5/02
- IPC: G06N5/02

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed towards clustering cookies for identifying unique mobile devices for associating activities over a network with a given mobile device. The cookies are clustered based on a Bayes Factor similarity model that is trained from cookie features of known mobile devices. The clusters may be used to determine the number of unique mobile devices that access a website. The clusters may also be used to provide targeted content to each unique mobile device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120166379A1 CLUSTERING COOKIES FOR IDENTIFYING UNIQUE MOBILE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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