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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);

Brett D. Brewer, Sammamish, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);

Karim T. Farouki, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);

Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);

Milind V. Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);

Jayaram NM Nanduri, Sammamish, WA (US);

Timothy D. Sharpe, Redmond, WA (US);

Darrell Leroy Blegen, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);

Brett D. Brewer, Sammamish, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);

Karim T. Farouki, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);

Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);

Milind V. Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);

Jayaram NM Nanduri, Sammamish, WA (US);

Timothy D. Sharpe, Redmond, WA (US);

Darrell Leroy Blegen, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/104 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0254 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can mitigate privacy concerns in connection with ad targeting or data collection. In particular, architecture can be included in a personal mobile communication device such as a cell phone. During communication transactions between the host device and a peer device, shared information can be extracted either from content included in the communication or from metadata. Based upon the shared information, a social graph maintained on the host device can be updated. In addition, the host device can receive a large set of ads and select or tailor a custom ad from the set based upon the social graph.


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