User interface for user management and control of unsolicited server operations
OwnerWei-Yeh Lee, Frank J. Kozakinventors
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Abstract
A trust architecture, including an intermediary for use therewith, which may be referred to as a Personal Privacy Stronghold (“PPS”), is disclosed which facilitates user management, including control, enablement, extension and augmentation, of unsolicited server operations, allowing the user to control such operations without compromising their ability to use other functionality. Such stateful operations may be used, for example, to monitor and track the user's Internet activities.
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An intermediary for use in a client-server architecture, the client-server architecture comprising at least one client in communication, via a network, with at least one server, each of the at least one server being operative to perform at least one unsolicited function with respect to each of the at least one client upon which one or more of the at least one server is at least partially dependent to facilitate stateful operation thereof with respect to the respective at least one client, each of the at least one unsolicited function comprising one of a first active function with respect to the respective client comprising provision of server originated data thereto or a second passive function with respect to the respective client comprising obtaining of client originated data therefrom, the intermediary comprising:
- an interface in communication, via the network, with at least a first client of the at least one client and at least a first server of the at least one server and operative to, according to a direction of a user associated with the first client and derived at least in part from data indicative of previous interaction between the user and at least one of the at least one server, cause the first server to perform the at least one unsolicited function with respect to the intermediary on behalf of the first client, the stateful operation of the one or more of the at least one server at least partially dependent thereon thereby being subject to the direction of the user;
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- a user interface operative to receive an instruction provided by the user to cause the intermediary to one of allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to the first client, allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to another client indistinguishable from at least one other of the at least one client, modify the at least one unsolicited function and perform the modified at least one unsolicited function with respect to the first client on behalf of the at least one server associated therewith, or inhibit the performance of the at least one unsolicited function.
A method of facilitating management of unsolicited server operations in a client-server architecture by an intermediary comprising a processor and an interface coupled therewith, the client-server architecture comprising at least one client in communication, via a network, with at least one server, each of the at least one server being operative to perform at least one unsolicited function with respect to each of the at least one client upon which one or more of the at least one server is at least partially dependent to facilitate stateful operation thereof with respect to the respective at least one client, each of the at least one unsolicited function comprising one of a first active function with respect to the respective client comprising provision of server originated data thereto or a second passive function with respect to the respective client comprising obtaining of client originated data therefrom, the method comprising:
- causing by the processor via the interface, the interface being in communication, via the network, with at least a first client of the at least one client and at least a first server of the at least one server and operative to, according to a direction of a user associated with the first client and derived at least in part from data indicative of previous interaction between the user and at least one of the at least one server, the first server to perform the at least one unsolicited function with respect to the intermediary on behalf of the first client, the stateful operation of the one or more of the at least one server at least partially dependent thereon thereby being subject to the direction of the user;
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- receiving, via a user interface coupled with the processor, an instruction provided by the user to cause the intermediary to one of allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to the first client, allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to another client indistinguishable from at least one other of the at least one client, modify the at least one unsolicited function and perform the modified at least one unsolicited function with respect to the first client on behalf of the at least one server associated therewith, or inhibit the performance of the at least one unsolicited function.
An intermediary for use in a client-server architecture, the client-server architecture comprising at least one client in communication, via a network, with at least one server, each of the at least one server being operative to perform at least one unsolicited function with respect to each of the at least one client upon which one or more of the at least one server is at least partially dependent to facilitate stateful operation thereof with respect to the respective at least one client, each of the at least one unsolicited function comprising one of a first active function with respect to the respective client comprising provision of server originated data thereto or a second passive function with respect to the respective client comprising obtaining of client originated data therefrom, the intermediary comprising:
- means for causing by the processor via an interface, the interface being in communication, via the network, with at least a first client of the at least one client and at least a first server of the at least one server and operative to, according to a direction of a user associated with the first client and derived at least in part from data indicative of previous interaction between the user and at least one of the at least one server, the first server to perform the at least one unsolicited function with respect to the intermediary on behalf of the first client, the stateful operation of the one or more of the at least one server at least partially dependent thereon thereby being subject to the direction of the user;
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- means for receiving, via a user interface coupled with the processor, an instruction provided by the user to cause the intermediary to one of allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to the first client, allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to another client indistinguishable from at least one other of the at least one client, modify the at least one unsolicited function and perform the modified at least one unsolicited function with respect to the first client on behalf of the at least one server associated therewith, or inhibit the performance of the at least one unsolicited function.
An intermediary for use in a client-server architecture, the client-server architecture comprising at least one client in communication, via a network, with at least one server, each of the at least one server being operative to perform at least one unsolicited function with respect to each of the at least one client upon which one or more of the at least one server is at least partially dependent to facilitate stateful operation thereof with respect to the respective at least one client, each of the at least one unsolicited function comprising one of a first active function with respect to the respective client comprising provision of server originated data thereto or a second passive function with respect to the respective client comprising obtaining of client originated data therefrom, the intermediary comprising a processor and a memory coupled therewith:
- first logic stored in the memory and executable by the processor to, via an interface in communication, via the network, with at least a first client of the at least one client and at least a first server of the at least one server and operative to, according to a direction of a user associated with the first client and derived at least in part from data indicative of previous interaction between the user and at least one of the at least one server, cause the first server to perform the at least one unsolicited function with respect to the intermediary on behalf of the first client, the stateful operation of the one or more of the at least one server at least partially dependent thereon thereby being subject to the direction of the user;
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- second logic stored in the memory and executable by the process to, via a user interface, receive an instruction provided by the user to cause the intermediary to one of allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to the first client, allow the at least one unsolicited function to be performed as if with respect to another client indistinguishable from at least one other of the at least one client, modify the at least one unsolicited function and perform the modified at least one unsolicited function with respect to the first client on behalf of the at least one server associated therewith, or inhibit the performance of the at least one unsolicited function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.