US 2014/0229545 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CONTENT TO USERS ON A NETWORK

Abstract

Targeted content may be provided to a designated set of one or more interconnected resources. Programmatic operations are executed using resources that are private to the one or more interconnected devices. The operations, when executed, cause or result in (i) monitoring activities of one or more users of the designated set; (ii) developing profile information of the one or more users, where the profile information is based at least partially on information determined from monitoring activities of the one or more users; (iii) generating, from the profile information, a set of coded data that represent selection criteria; and (iv) communicating the set of coded data to a programmatic source external to the system, where the represented selection criteria enables programmatic selection of content resources from a content library for the system.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing content, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:

(a) monitoring activities of a user on multiple interconnected devices that form a personal network, the multiple interconnected devices including a first device of a first type and a second device of a second type;
(b) determining profile information for the user from monitoring the activities of the user on the multiple interconnected devices of the personal network;
(c) storing the profile information;
(d) performing one or more operations to select a set of content items for the user based on the profile information;
and
(e) distributing content that is based on the set of content items, the content being distributed from at least the first device across one or more networks to at least the second device of the personal network;
wherein at least (a) through (d) are performed privately on one or more of the multiple interconnected devices of the personal network, so that the profile information is not communicated outside of the personal network of the user.

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A computer system comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;
one or more processors provided on one or more devices of multiple interconnected devices that form a personal network of a user, the multiple interconnected devices including a first device of a first type and a second device of a second type the one or more processors using instructions in the set of instructions to:
(a) monitor activities of the user on the multiple interconnected devices that form the personal network;
(b) determine profile information for the user from monitoring the activities of the user on the multiple interconnected devices of the personal network;
(c) store the profile information;
(d) perform one or more operations to select a set of content items for the user based on the profile information;
and
(e) distribute content that is based on the set of content items, the content being distributed from at least the first device across one or more networks to at least the second device of the personal network;
wherein the one or more processors perform at least (a) through (d) privately on the one or more devices of the multiple interconnected devices of the personal network, so that the profile information is not communicated outside of the personal network of the user.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of one or more devices of a personal network, cause the one or more devices to perform operations that comprise:

(a) monitoring activities of a user on multiple interconnected devices of the personal network, the multiple interconnected devices including a first device of a first type and a second device of a second type;
(b) determining profile information for the user from monitoring the activities of the user on the multiple interconnected devices of the personal network;
(c) storing the profile information;
(d) performing one or more operations to select a set of content items for the user based on the profile information;
and
(e) distributing content that is based on the set of content items, the content being distributed from at least the first device across one or more networks to at least the second device of the personal network;
wherein at least (a) through (d) are performed privately on the one or more devices of the personal network, so that the profile information is not communicated outside of the personal network of the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for delivering content to users on a network

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