Efficient risk model computations

US10542384B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PAYPAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Xin Li · Beijing, CN
• Jun Zhang · New York, US
• Yang Yu · Acton, US
• Xiaohan Yun · Palo Alto, US
• Chao Zhang · 安丰镇, CN
• Frédéric Tu · Shanghai, CN
• Zhijun Ling · Shanghai, CN
• Libin Sun · Hangzhou City, CN
• Christopher Tang · Union City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided that includes accessing, by a server provider server of a service provider, a database storing associations between network addresses and locations. Additionally, the method includes determining a subset of the database corresponding to a first network address, each association included in the subset corresponding to an association between the first network address and a respective location. The method also includes in response to determining that the subset of the database satisfies one or more clustering criteria, calculating a representative location corresponding to the first network address, and storing an association between the first network address and the representative location in a second database.