INFERENCE DETECTION ENABLED BY INTERNET ADVERTISING
First Claim
1. A computer-executed method for performing inference detection based on web advertisements, the method comprising:
- receiving a set of topic words;
for each topic word, performing a search query on the topic word using an Internet search engine;
gathering a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query;
determining a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement; and
producing a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs inference detection based on Internet advertisements. In doing so, this system first receives a set of topic words, performs a search query on each topic word using a search engine, and gathers a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query. Then, the system determines a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement, and produces a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words.
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27 Claims
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1. A computer-executed method for performing inference detection based on web advertisements, the method comprising:
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receiving a set of topic words; for each topic word, performing a search query on the topic word using an Internet search engine; gathering a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query; determining a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement; and producing a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for performing inference detection from web advertisements, the method comprising:
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receiving a set of topic words; for each topic word, performing a search query on the topic word using an Internet search engine; gathering a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query; determining a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement; and producing a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for performing inference detection from web advertisements, comprising:
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a receiving mechanism configured to receive a set of topic words; a search engine interface configured to perform, for each topic word, a search query on the topic word using an Internet search engine, and further configured to gather a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query; an analysis mechanism configured to; determine a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement; and a result-presentation mechanism configured to produce a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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