System and Method for Identifying Users on a Network
First Claim
1. A method of determining a first piece of information about a user from on-line activities, the method comprising:
- associating the first piece of information and a second piece of information together, wherein the second piece of information and the third piece of information occur together in a record log;
associating the second piece of information and a third piece of information together, wherein the second piece of information and the third piece of information occur together during a single on-line event of the user; and
determining the first piece of information when the third piece of information is identified in an on-line event of the user because of the association through the second piece of information, wherein the first piece of information is not available from information exchanged during the on-line event.
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Abstract
System and method described herein may be used to relate a physical address of a user and an IP address of a user from on-line exchanges of the user. The method may include relating an IP address to an intermediate identifier, where the intermediate identifier is observed with the IP address during a single on-line exchange. The method may also include relating the physical address of the user to the intermediate identifier after an observed correlation between the physical address and the intermediate identifier. The method may also include relating the physical address of the user and the IP address of the user, where the physical address and the IP address are not observed together in a single on-line exchange.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of determining a first piece of information about a user from on-line activities, the method comprising:
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associating the first piece of information and a second piece of information together, wherein the second piece of information and the third piece of information occur together in a record log; associating the second piece of information and a third piece of information together, wherein the second piece of information and the third piece of information occur together during a single on-line event of the user; and determining the first piece of information when the third piece of information is identified in an on-line event of the user because of the association through the second piece of information, wherein the first piece of information is not available from information exchanged during the on-line event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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- 5. The method of claim 5, wherein the third piece of information is an internet protocol address.
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9. A method of relating a physical address of a user and an IP address of a user from on-line exchanges of the user, the method comprising:
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relating an IP address to an intermediate identifier, where the intermediate identifier is observed with the IP address during a single on-line exchange; relating the physical address of the user to the intermediate identifier after an observed correlation between the physical address and the intermediate identifier; and relating the physical address of the user and the IP address of the user, where the physical address and the IP address are not observed together in a single on-line exchange. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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