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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ravi Kiran Holur Vijay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin Arai, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Hull, San Jose, CA (US);
Utku Irmak, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pramod Khincha, San Jose, CA (US);
Samir M. Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ji Yan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lawrence Yuan, Campbell, CA (US);
LinkedIn Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for inferring a time zone of a user (e.g., a member of an online social network service) are described. According to various embodiments, it is determined that a particular member of an online social networks service is currently located in a particular country. Responsive to determining that a single time zone is associated with the particular country, it is determined that the particular member is currently located in the single time zone. Responsive to determining that multiple time zones are associated with the particular country, an IP address associated with a user login request is accessed, a geographic location associated with the IP address is identified, and a specific one of the multiple time zones that corresponds to the geographic location is identified. It is determined that the particular member is currently located in the specific time zone.