Mapping entities to accounts for de-anonymization of online activity
US12426036B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B17/3912
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The Internet generally provides anonymity to the online activities of visitors to web sites and other online resources. This prevents the operators of web sites and others from identifying visitors who do not wish to be identified. Accordingly, embodiments generate mappings between entities (e.g., IP addresses, domains, cookies, or devices) and accounts (e.g., companies) to de-anonymize online activities. In an embodiment, summary mappings are generated based on activity data. Each summary mapping may comprise an entity, potential account identifier, and an activity vector that measures observations of an association between the entity and potential account identifier from an activity source for multiple summary periods. A model may be applied to the summary mappings to compute signal strengths for a plurality of candidate mappings. A winning mapping may then be selected for each entity in the candidate mappings, and used to associate the entity with an account in one or more downstream functions.
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