Group targeting system and method for internet service or advertisement
First Claim
1. A system for determining whether an Internet Protocol (IP) address belongs to an individual, defined as an individual IP, or whether the IP address belongs to a group of individuals, defined as a group IP, wherein the IP address consists of a plurality of digits that are divided into four sections, with each section including a plurality of digits, the system comprising:
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a unit for receiving browser cookie information indicating the number of accesses to a website per unit of time from a plurality of browser cookies assigned to one or more computers associated with the IP address;
an Internet protocol (IP) extraction unit stored at least in part on the storage device and configured to determine whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address based on both;
(i) the browser cookie information, wherein the IP address is determined to potentially be a group IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and the IP address is determined to potentially be an individual IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is less than the predetermined number; and
(ii) whether the IP address is within a predetermined range of IP addresses saved within a database associated with the processor, wherein the predetermined range of IP addresses includes identical digits in the first three of the four sections, and further wherein the IP address is determined to be a group IP address if the IP address is within the predetermined range and the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group IP address; and
the IP address is determined to be an individual IP address if the IP address is not within the predetermined range, regardless of whether the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group or potentially an individual IP address;
wherein, when it has been determined that the IP address is a group IP address, the IP address is extracted as a group IP;
a characteristic determination unit configured to determine characteristics of a group using the group IP that has been extracted, wherein the characteristics include location of the group, wherein the characteristic determination unit comprises a location determination unit configured to determine the location of the group, and further wherein the location determination unit determines a region corresponding to the group IP as the location of the group, using a database (DB) of IP ranges and local units mapped to the IP range, or determines location information of a mobile device used by a user belonging to the group as the location of the group; and
a unit for performing click processing that is configured to process a first sub-set of clicks on an advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as valid clicks and to process a second sub-set of clicks on the advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as invalid clicks, but wherein the group IP is excluded from being processed as an object of invalid clicks with respect to the advertisement, thereby clicks associated with the group IP are processed as valid clicks with the first sub-set of clicks.
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Abstract
A group targeting system may include an Internet protocol (IP) extraction unit to extract a group IP using a number of accesses per unit time with respect to an IP, and a characteristic determination unit to determine characteristics of a group that uses the group IP through the group IP. The system includes also a targeting unit to provide a targeted service or a targeted advertisement to the group according to the characteristics of the group.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for determining whether an Internet Protocol (IP) address belongs to an individual, defined as an individual IP, or whether the IP address belongs to a group of individuals, defined as a group IP, wherein the IP address consists of a plurality of digits that are divided into four sections, with each section including a plurality of digits, the system comprising:
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a storage device; a unit for receiving browser cookie information indicating the number of accesses to a website per unit of time from a plurality of browser cookies assigned to one or more computers associated with the IP address; an Internet protocol (IP) extraction unit stored at least in part on the storage device and configured to determine whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address based on both;
(i) the browser cookie information, wherein the IP address is determined to potentially be a group IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and the IP address is determined to potentially be an individual IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is less than the predetermined number; and
(ii) whether the IP address is within a predetermined range of IP addresses saved within a database associated with the processor, wherein the predetermined range of IP addresses includes identical digits in the first three of the four sections, and further wherein the IP address is determined to be a group IP address if the IP address is within the predetermined range and the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group IP address; and
the IP address is determined to be an individual IP address if the IP address is not within the predetermined range, regardless of whether the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group or potentially an individual IP address;wherein, when it has been determined that the IP address is a group IP address, the IP address is extracted as a group IP; a characteristic determination unit configured to determine characteristics of a group using the group IP that has been extracted, wherein the characteristics include location of the group, wherein the characteristic determination unit comprises a location determination unit configured to determine the location of the group, and further wherein the location determination unit determines a region corresponding to the group IP as the location of the group, using a database (DB) of IP ranges and local units mapped to the IP range, or determines location information of a mobile device used by a user belonging to the group as the location of the group; and a unit for performing click processing that is configured to process a first sub-set of clicks on an advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as valid clicks and to process a second sub-set of clicks on the advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as invalid clicks, but wherein the group IP is excluded from being processed as an object of invalid clicks with respect to the advertisement, thereby clicks associated with the group IP are processed as valid clicks with the first sub-set of clicks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method that uses a processor for determining whether an Internet Protocol (IP) address belongs to an individual, defined as an individual IP, or whether the IP address belongs to a group of individuals, defined as a group IP, wherein the IP address consists of a plurality of digits that are divided into four sections, with each section including a plurality of digits, the method comprising:
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receiving, in the processor, browser cookie information indicating the number of accesses to a website per unit of time from a plurality of browser cookies assigned to one or more computers associated with the IP address; determining, by the processor, whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address based on both;
(i) the browser cookie information received during the receiving step, wherein the IP address is determined to potentially be a group IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and the IP address is determined to potentially be an individual IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is less than the predetermined number; and
(ii) whether the IP address is within a predetermined range of IP addresses saved within a database associated with the processor, wherein the predetermined range of IP addresses includes identical digits in the first three of the four sections, and further wherein the IP address is determined to be a group IP address if the IP address is within the predetermined range and the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group IP address; and
the IP address is determined to be an individual IP address if the IP address is not within the predetermined range, regardless of whether the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group or potentially an individual IP address;wherein, when it has been determined that the IP address is a group IP address during the step of determining whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address, the IP address is extracted, by the processor, as a group IP; determining characteristics of a group that uses the group IP that has been extracted, wherein the characteristics include location of the group, wherein the determining includes determining the location of the group, and further wherein the determining includes either determining a region corresponding to the group IP as the location of the group, using a database (DB) of IP ranges and local units mapped to the IP range, or determining location information of a mobile device used by a user belonging to the group as the location of the group; processing a first sub-set of clicks on an advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as valid clicks; processing a second sub-set of clicks on the advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as invalid clicks, but wherein the group IP is excluded from being processed as an object of invalid clicks with respect to the advertisement, thereby clicks associated with the group IP are processed as valid clicks with the first sub-set of clicks, and wherein a list of the group IPs or group characteristics per the group IP are provided to an advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an executable program, which comprises, when executed, the method of:
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receiving browser cookie information indicating the number of accesses to a website per unit of time from a plurality of browser cookies assigned to one or more computers associated with the IP address; determining whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address based on both;
(i) the browser cookie information received during the receiving step, the number of accesses per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, wherein the IP address is determined to potentially be a group IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and the and the IP address is determined to potentially be an individual IP address if the number of accesses per unit time is less than the predetermined number; and
(ii) whether the IP address is within a predetermined range of IP addresses saved within a database associated with the processor, wherein the predetermined range of IP addresses includes identical digits in the first three of the four sections, and further wherein the IP address is determined to be a group IP address if the IP address is within the predetermined range and the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group IP address; and
the IP address is determined to be an individual IP address if the IP address is not within the predetermined range, regardless of whether the browser cookie information of (i) has led to the determination that the IP address is potentially a group or potentially an individual IP address;
wherein when it has been determined that the IP address is a group IP address during the step of determining whether the IP address is a group IP address or an individual IP address, the IP address is extracted as a group IP;determining characteristics of a group that uses the group IP that has been extracted, wherein the characteristics include location of the group, wherein the determining include determining the location of the group, and further wherein the determining includes either determining a region corresponding to the group IP as the location of the group, using a database(DB) of IP ranges and local units mapped to the IP range, or determining location information of a mobile device used by a user belonging to the group as the location of the group; processing a first sub-set of clicks on an advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as valid clicks; processing a second sub-set of clicks on the advertisement provided to the computer associated with the IP address as invalid clicks, but wherein the group IP is excluded from being processed as an object of invalid clicks with respect to the advertisement, thereby clicks associated with the group IP are processed as valid clicks with the first sub-set of clicks.
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