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US 2003/0080997 A1Published application
Anonymous network-access method and client
OwnerMarcel Fuehren, Jeng-Chun Cheninventors
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A method in a proxy server (121) to provide anonymous access for a client device (101) to a network (110). The proxy server (121) receives request for a resource on the network (110) from the client (101), which resource is available on another server (122). The proxy server (121) removes all information identifying the client (101) from the request, and transmits the resulting anonymous request to the other server (122). The response from the other server (122) is passed on to the client (101). Also, an advertisement (210) is sent to the client (101) as a means of generating revenue. To target the advertisement (210), the client (101) maintains a user profile for the user and sends a subset of the user profile as a current interest profile to the proxy server (121). The proxy server (121) then selects the advertisement (210) based on the current interest profile.
A method of providing anonymous access for a client to a network, comprising receiving a request for a resource on the network from the client, creating an anonymous request by removing all information identifying the client from the request, transmitting the anonymous request to a server, transmitting a response from the server to the client and transmitting to the client at least one advertisement, characterized by receiving a current interest profile from the client, and selecting the at least one advertisement based on the current interest profile.
A client device arranged for access to a network, comprising browsing means for transmitting a request for a resource on the network to a server, receiving the requested resource and receiving at least one advertisement, and presenting means for presenting the received resource together with the at least one advertisement, characterized by user profile maintenance means for maintaining a user profile based on requests transmitted via the browsing means, profile extraction means for creating a current interest profile as a subset of the user profile, and profile submission means for submitting the current interest profile to the server.
A profiling module for installation on a client device arranged for access to a network, comprising user profile maintenance means for maintaining a user profile based on requests for resources on the network, profile extraction means for creating a current interest profile as a subset of the user profile, and profile submission means for submitting the current interest profile to a server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.