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Online syndicated content feed metrics

  • US 7,620,697 B1
  • Filed: 03/10/2006
  • Issued: 11/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of identifying a likely unique subscriber to an online syndicated content feed, the method comprising:

  • automatically obtaining data which represent feed polling events, the data comprising signals corresponding to feed polling operations which are performed on behalf of at least two subscribers to the online syndicated content feed, each feed polling event having an occurrence time and also having at least one client value; and

    automatically grouping at least a subset of the obtained feed polling events into a group which corresponds to the likely unique subscriber using occurrence times and predictability of feed polling events by locating a group of feed polling events which have predictable occurrence times in relation to one another and also share at least one client value with one another, and thus are likely performed on behalf of the unique subscriber;

    whereby through operation of a digital processing unit in controlled interaction with a computer-readable medium the method automatically identifies the likely unique subscriber by using the located group.

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