Method of using a portion of a URL and an interstitial page to make a disclosure statement for regulation compliance
AssigneeWOWLINK Pte. Ltd.
InventorsValentin Vyacheslavovich Ivanov, Konstantin Radov, Vladimir Plakitin, Rafael Shmaryahu
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Abstract
URL shortening and redirection, as provided by the systems and methods herein, allow advertisers and influencers to: (1) generate links that aid in helping make a clear disclosure about the nature of the link or content where the link is intended; (2) redirect the users by both placing a disclosure statement directly into: (a) the URL structure and (b) into the interstitial page that is displayed after clicking on the URL and prior to redirection to the destination address.
Claims11
A method for provisioning an interstitial page containing a disclosure statement based on a shortened destination URL, comprising:
- detecting a user click on a link to the destination URL;
- generating a short URL of the destination URL in response to the user click on the link, wherein the short URL references the interstitial page comprising the disclosure statement;
- rendering, prior to redirection to the destination URL, the interstitial page configured to provide the user with a choice comprising redirection to the destination URL with collection of user personal data or redirection to the destination URL without collection of the user personal data, wherein the choice is associated with redirection parameters;
- determining consent of the user for collection of the user personal data based on the redirection parameters;
- redirecting the user to the destination URL with or without collection of the user personal data based on the consent of the user;
- and
- recording the consent of the user.
A system for provisioning an interstitial page containing a disclosure statement based on a shortened destination URL, comprising:
- a processor of a URL shortening server connected to a visitor device;
- a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- detect a user click on a link to the destination URL;
- generate a short URL of the destination URL in response to the user click on the link, wherein the short URL references the interstitial page comprising the disclosure statement;
- render, prior to redirection to the destination URL, the interstitial page configured to provide the user with a choice comprising redirection to the destination URL with collection of user personal data or redirection to the destination URL without collection of the user personal data, wherein the choice is associated with redirection parameters;
- determine consent of the user for collection of the user personal data based on the redirection parameters;
- redirect the user to the destination URL with or without collection of the user personal data based on the consent of the user;
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- record the consent of the user.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- detecting a user click on a link to the destination URL;
- generating a short URL of the destination URL in response to the user click on the link, wherein the short URL references the interstitial page comprising the disclosure statement;
- rendering, prior to redirection to the destination URL, the interstitial page configured to provide the user with a choice comprising redirection to the destination URL with collection of user personal data or redirection to the destination URL without collection of the user personal data, wherein the choice is associated with redirection parameters;
- determining consent of the user for collection of the user personal data based on the redirection parameters;
- redirecting the user to the destination URL with or without collection of the user personal data based on the consent of the user;
- and
- recording the consent of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.