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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Soren Riise, Cupertino, CA (US);
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramesh G. Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Nicholas Law, Gilroy, CA (US);
Soren Riise, Cupertino, CA (US);
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramesh G. Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Nicholas Law, Gilroy, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for constructing network activity profiles is provided, which comprises the following: obtaining a plurality of records of network activities from an activity source, each record corresponding to an interaction with a network resource via the network from the activity source, wherein each record comprises at least a network endpoint address from where the interaction originates and an indication of a time of the interaction; for each record, determining a geographical location corresponding to the network endpoint address of that record and associating the determined geographical location with that record; and constructing at least one profile for the activity source based on the plurality of records and at least one geographical location associated with the records, wherein each profile comprises a time-based behavior pattern associated with the at least one geographical location.