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Providing content based on previously determined device locations

US9462412B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2012
Grant dateOct 4, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/025
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving, at a first time, a device identifier in association with a first network identifier that corresponds to a first network to which the device is connected, processing the first network identifier to determine a first location, associating the device identifier with the first location and the first time, receiving a content request from the device, determining that the device has been connected to the first network within a defined chronological proximity of receiving the content request, selecting one or more content items based on at least the first location, and providing the one or more content items to the device. Other embodiments of the various aspects include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

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