Image based user identification across multiple online systems
US11410463B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An online system matches a user across multiple online systems based on image data for the user (e.g., profile photo) regardless whether the image data is from the online system, a different but related online system or a third party system. For example, to match the user across a social networking system and INSTAGRAM™ system, the online system compares the similarity between images of the user from both systems in addition to similarity of textual information in the user profiles on both systems. The similarity of image data and the similarity of textual information associated with the user are used by the online system as indicators of matched user accounts belonging to the same user across both systems. The online system applies models trained using deep learning techniques to match a user across multiple online systems based on the image data and textual information associated with the user.
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