Patent ID: 9553936
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method executed using one or more computers, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more computers and from a user device, a targeting request to target a piece of digital content to users in a target geographic region, wherein the targeting request includes one or more Internet Protocol blocks corresponding to the target geographic region; obtaining, by the one or more computers, a targeting accuracy for the target geographic region, the targeting accuracy for a geographic region representing an accuracy with which a data processing system can determine whether a computing device is located in the geographic region; identifying, by the one or more computers, a plurality of groups of candidate geographic regions that each include: selecting, by the one or more computers, a particular group of geographic regions from among the plurality of groups of candidate geographic regions that has a combined targeting accuracy greater than the targeting accuracy for the target geographic region; and providing, by the one or more computer and for presentation on the user device, a targeting interface that: