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AssigneeBEH Investments LLC
InventorDaniel J. Jaye
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Abstract
A computer apparatus and a method is described for establishing a global interest profile of a user. At least one local server and an enterprise server communicate with the user via a communication channel. The local server assigns a local ID to the user. The enterprise server assigns to the user a global ID and links the local ID and local user information with the global ID to form a global interest profile of the user. The identity of the users is not shared between servers, thereby maintaining the privacy of the user.
Claims32
A method for sharing information between servers about a user utilizing a client, the method comprising:
- identifying the user at a first server using a first ID transmitted by the client to the first server;
- storing information about the user at the first server;
- identifying the user at a second server using a second ID transmitted by the client to the second server;
- linking the first ID and the second ID;
- and
- associating the information about the user with the second ID.
A method for sharing an identity of a user utilizing a client between a first server and a second server, the method comprising:
- establishing an ID for the user at the first server by utilizing a cookie transmitted to the client by the first server;
- and
- transmitting to the client by the first server a URL, wherein the URL includes the ID and information identifying the first server, and wherein the URL is addressed to a second server.
A server computer tangibly embodying computer logic that is configured to:
- identify a user using a first ID received from a client utilized by the user;
- receive a URL from the client, the URL including a second ID used by a second server to identify the user;
- receive information about the user associated with the second ID at the second server;
- and
- associate the information about the user with the first ID.
A server computer tangibly embodying computer logic that is configured to:
- identify a user using an ID received from a client utilized by the user;
- and
- transmit to the client a URL, wherein the URL includes the ID and information identifying the server computer, and wherein the URL is addressed to a second server.
A method implemented in a server computer, the method comprising:
- identifying in the server computer a user using a first ID received from a client utilized by the user;
- receiving in the server computer a URL from the client, the URL including a second ID used by a second server to identify the user;
- receiving in the server computer information about the user associated with the second ID at the second server;
- and
- associating in the server computer the information about the user with the first ID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.