Computational systems and methods for linking users of devices

US9747561B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Marc E. Davis · San Francisco, US
• Matthew G. Dyor · Bellevue, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Xuedong Huang · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Royce A. Levien · Lexington, US
• Richard T. Lord · Gig Harbor, US
• Robert W. Lord · Seattle, US
• Qi Lu · Bellevue, US
• Mark A. Malamud · Seattle, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Satya Nadella · Clyde Hill, US
• Daniel Reed · Redmond, US
• Harry Shum · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting device-identifier data corresponding to at least one communication device; accepting network-participation identifier data associated with a verified real-world user associated with the at least one communication device; and assigning a unique identifier at least partly based on the device-identifier data and the network-participation identifier data.