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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Soren Riise, Ruislip, GB;
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce Campbell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Ramesh Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
LI Yue, Princeton, NJ (US);
Andreas Pagel, Twickenham, GB;
Barbara Pagel, Legal Representative, Twickenham, GB;
Soren Riise, Ruislip, GB;
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce Campbell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Ramesh Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
Li Yue, Princeton, NJ (US);
Andreas Pagel, Twickenham, GB;
Barbara Pagel, legal representative, Twickenham, GB;
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to systems and methods for associating a geographic location with an IP address. Generally, a plurality of localized search queries of search queries received at an Internet search engine are determined, where each of the plurality of localized search queries is associated with a location. A geo tag is associated with each of the plurality of localized search queries and a subset of the plurality of localized search queries that are associated with a first IP address is identified. The subset of the plurality of localized search queries is clustered into a spatial cluster including localized search queries associated with geo tags located within a defined distance of a geo tag associated with at least one other localized search query of the cluster. A geographic location associated with a geographic center of the cluster is then associated with the first IP address.