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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2008
Applicants:

Ivan Osipkov, Bothell, WA (US);

Geoffrey Hulten, Lynnwood, WA (US);

John Mehr, Kenmore, WA (US);

Yinglian Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Fang Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ivan Osipkov, Bothell, WA (US);

Geoffrey Hulten, Lynnwood, WA (US);

John Mehr, Kenmore, WA (US);

Yinglian Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Fang Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The claimed subject matter is directed to mining user behavior data for increasing Internet Protocol ('IP') space intelligence. Specifically, the claimed subject matter provides a method and system of mining user behavior within an IP address space and the application of the IP address space intelligence derived from the mined user behavior. In one embodiment, the IP address space intelligence is formed and/or increased with information obtained from the mined user behavior data. A system of uniquely-identified users is monitored and their behavior within the IP address space is recorded. Further data is mined from estimated characteristics about the user, including the nature of the IP address the user uses to log into the service, and characterizing the IP address according to a network type.


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