Utilizing browsing history while preserving user-privacy

A system at a server, the system comprising a processor and coupled memory, the processor being adapted to perform:

• receiving from a user device a request, wherein the request is associated with obtaining a web resource;
• handling the request, wherein, based on said handling, the web resource is obtained:
• transmitting the web resource to a first port of the user device, whereby responding to the request;
• and
• transmitting an indication of the request to a second port of the user device wherein the second port is a predetermined port, wherein the first port is different than the second port.

A method to be performed at a user device, the method comprising:

• transmitting to a server, from a software product that is executed by the user device, a plurality of requests of web resources;
• receiving from the server, by a software agent that is executed by the user device, a plurality of indications of the plurality of requests of web resources via a predetermined port of the user device, wherein the software product is not configured to provide information to the software agent;
• performing, by the software agent, an analysis of the plurality of requests of web resources indicated, thereby determining for a user of the user device one or more user parameters associated with a personalized profile of the user;
• and
• performing an action based on the personalized profile of the user.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which program instructions when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform at a user device:

• transmitting to a server, from a software product that is executed by the user device, a plurality of requests of web resources;
• receiving from the server, by a software agent that is executed by the user device, a plurality of indications of the plurality of requests of web resources via a predetermined port of the user device, wherein the software product is not configured to provide information to the software agent;
• performing, by the software agent, an analysis of the plurality of requests of web resources indicated, thereby determining for a user of the user device one or more user parameters associated with a personalized profile of the user;
• and
• performing an action based on the personalized profile of the user.