# US 2020/0394239 A1 · System and Method for Identifying a User > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0394239 A1 - Document ID: US20200394239A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/913,904 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-08 - Assignees: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC - Applicants: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC - Inventors: Philip Marcella; Christopher McKenna; John Riviello - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200394239A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Systems and methods for identifying a user are disclosed. One aspect comprises providing an address element and a class identifier, receiving a request for a file, wherein the request comprises the address element and the class identifier, comparing the class identifier to a comparator element, providing a first file if the class identifier is within the comparator element, and providing a second file if the class identifier is outside the comparator element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: receive a request for a web browser homepage, wherein the request comprises a time element indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; determine whether the date is within a range of dates; and provide a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request further comprises an address element indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request further comprises a class identifier indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location. ### Claim 5 An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: associate a time element with a user interface element, wherein the time element is indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; receive a selection of the user interface element; send, based on the selection of the user interface element, a request for a web browser homepage, wherein the request comprises the time element; determine whether the date is within a range of dates; and receive a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the request further comprises an address element and a class identifier, and wherein the address element and the class identifier are indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location. ### Claim 8 An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: determine whether a time element associated with a request for a web browser homepage is within a range of dates, wherein the time element is indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; and provide a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the request further comprises an address element indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the request further comprises a class identifier indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to: receive a request for a web browser homepage, wherein the request comprises a time element indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; determine whether the date is within a range of dates; and provide a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the request further comprises an address element and a class identifier, and wherein the address element and the class identifier are indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to: associate a time element with a user interface element, wherein the time element is indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; receive by the computing device, a selection of the user interface element; send, based on the selection of the user interface element, a request for a web browser homepage, wherein the request comprises the time element; determine whether the date is within a range of dates; and receive a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the request further comprises an address element and a class identifier, and wherein the address element and the class identifier are indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to: determine whether a time element associated with a request for a web browser homepage is within a range of dates, wherein the time element is indicative of a date that a service was provisioned; and provide a web page comprising a version of the web browser homepage, wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a new user experience when the date is within the range of dates, and wherein the version of the web browser homepage comprises a veteran user experience when the date is outside the range of dates. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the request further comprises an address element and a class identifier, and wherein the address element and the class identifier are indicative of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web browser homepage. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the range of dates is based on one or more of a user level, a user authority, a user history, or a user location.