Patent ID: 9313294
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: accessing, by executing a first instruction with a processor, a first set of cookies and a set of user identifiers received via the Internet and stored in a storage device, the cookies and the user identifiers corresponding to devices accessing media via the Internet; identifying, by executing second instructions with the processor, a pattern in the first set of cookies by: obtaining, at the processor, impression information from a database proprietor via the Internet, the impression information including a second set of cookies; identifying, by executing a third instruction with the processor, a subset of the second set of cookies that are associated with a same person based on the pattern; and associating, by executing a fourth instruction with the processor, impressions corresponding to the identified subset with the same person.