METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE DEVICES BELONGING TO THE SAME GROUP

摘要

The technologies described herein identify multiple electronic devices belonging to the same group. A computer system receives, from network accessing applications of a plurality of electronic devices, internet protocol (IP) trajectory information about the network accessing applications via a network. The IP trajectory information includes a user identifier, a list of IP addresses associated with each of the network accessing applications, and timestamps specifying times each of the network accessing applications accesses the network. The computer system identifies and removes commercial IP addresses from the list of IP addresses, analyzes IP trajectory information to retrieve a most commonly used IP address for each of the network accessing applications during a certain period, and determines that different network accessing applications belong to the same group if the most commonly used IP addresses for the different network accessing applications are the same.

主权项

1. A method for identifying multiple electronic devices belonging to a same group, the method comprising:
receiving, from network accessing applications of a plurality of electronic devices, internet protocol (IP) trajectory information about the network accessing applications via a network,
wherein the IP trajectory information includesa user identifier,a list of IP addresses associated with each of the network accessing applications, andtimestamps specifying times each of the network accessing applications accesses the network; identifying commercial IP addresses among the list of IP addresses; removing the commercial IP addresses from the list of IP addresses to produce revised IP trajectory information; analyzing the revised IP trajectory information to retrieve a most commonly used IP address for each of the network accessing applications during a certain period; and determining that different network accessing applications belong to the same group if the most commonly used IP addresses for the different network accessing applications are the same.