Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network user usage profiling
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Application No.: US15461082Application Date: 2017-03-16
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Publication No.: US09794361B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Steven M. Casey , Amie Elcan , John Butala
- Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
Methods, systems, devices, and software are disclosed for generating a network usage profile. Certain embodiments of the network usage profile include a devices-by-node profile, indicating the set of customer devices available for use in communicating with a customer-side network node located at a customer side of an access network over a period of time, where some of the customer devices are not in operative communication with the customer-side network node during a portion of that time. Other embodiments associate the network usage profile with customer information to generate device-by-customer profiles. Still other embodiments associate the network usage profile with network traffic information to generate traffic-by-device profiles. Even other embodiments associate the multiple sources and types of information to generate traffic-by-customer profiles and/or traffic-by-device-by-customer profiles. Any of the profiles may then be accessed by one or more parties for use in affecting various network services, including targeting content delivery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170187816A1 Network User Usage Profiling Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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