Entity identification based on location
AssigneeMintigo Ltd.
InventorEhud Ben-Reuven
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Abstract
A method and system for estimating a score that a first entity is related to a second entity. The method includes steps of extracting a first property from a first entity, extracting a second property from a second entity, estimating a geo location of the first entity based on the first property, estimating a geo location of the second entity based on the second property, comparing the estimated geo location of the first entity with the estimated geo location of the second entity, and associating a score for the first entity to be related to the second entity based on the result of the comparison.
Claims16
A method for estimating a score representing relatedness between a first entity and a second entity, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. extracting a first property from a first entity;
- b. extracting a second property from a second entity;
- c. estimating a geo location of the first entity based on be first property;
- d. estimating a geo location of the second entity based on the second property;
- e. comparing the estimated geo location of the first entity with the estimated geo location of the second entity;
- and
- f. associating a score for the first entity to be related to the second entity based on a result of the comparison.
Method of estimating relationship between two entities the method comprising the steps of:
- intercepting an Internet traffic generated or received by a first entity;
- extracting an IP address used by the first entity;
- estimating a geo location of the first entity based on its IP address;
- providing a list of second entities;
- extracting a geo location for each second entity on the list;
- and
- using the goo location of the first entity and the extracted geo locations of the second entities to estimate a score of the first entity to be related to any of the second entities on the list.
The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising a step of displaying a predetermined information associated with said score on a display device of the first entity.
A system for estimating relationship between two entities, the system comprising:
- a first computing device operable to intercept an Internet traffic generated or received by a first entity, the first computing device being further operable to extract an IP address used by the first entity;
- a second computing device operable to store a list of a plurality of second entities;
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- a third computing device operable to estimate a geo location of the first entity based on its IP address, the third computing device being also operable to extract a geo location for each second entity on the list, the third computing device being further operable to estimate a score of date first entity being related to any of the second entities on the list by using the geo location of the first entity and the extracted geo locations of the second entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.