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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Jonathan Kilroy, Champaign, IL (US);

Dale Nussel, Mahomet, IL (US);

Anupam Seth, Urbana, IL (US);

Allie K. Watfa, Urbana, IL (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Kilroy, Champaign, IL (US);

Dale Nussel, Mahomet, IL (US);

Anupam Seth, Urbana, IL (US);

Allie K. Watfa, Urbana, IL (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0271 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01);
Abstract

Targeting advertisements to a user on multiple devices includes: selecting an access point; maintaining an internet access log to track web activity across multiple devices within said access point; identifying the multiple devices involved in the web activity; distinguishing patterns of web activity for the multiple devices to identify users of the devices; generating a user interest vector populated with user interests derived from the patterns of web activity; initializing a master log of user interest vectors for all users within the access point, wherein the master log maps the users with the multiple devices; and updating the master log.


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