US 12,192,180 B1
Privacy preserving user group expansion
Wei Huang, Kirkland, WA (US); Fabio Soldo, Los Altos, CA (US); and Surbhi Maheshwari, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,185.
Application 18/525,185 is a continuation of application No. 17/397,089, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,888,825.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 63/0421 (2013.01) [G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a first user list comprising first user identifiers for first users that performed one or more specified actions with respect to an electronic resource of an entity;
identifying, for each first user identifier of one or more of the first user identifiers, one or more user interest groups that include the first user identifier as a member;
identifying a plurality of second users that are members of the one or more user interest groups identified for each of the one or more first user identifiers;
generating an expanded user list that includes second user identifiers for at least a portion of the second users and the first user identifiers of the first user list; and
distributing digital components to the first and second users based on the expanded user list.