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US 9,288,118 B1Granted
Setting cookies across applications
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorNeha Gangadhar Pattan
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Abstract
Systems and methods for setting cookies across applications on a device include receiving a first cookie indicating authorization of a first application on the device to use an online account. A second cookie indicating that the first application is authorized to use the online account may be set in a second application on the device.
Claims20
A method of setting a cookie on a device comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a content selection request from a first application executing on the device, the content selection request including a first cookie indicating an authorization of the first application to use an online account;
- selecting, in response to the content selection request, third-party content for presentation within the first application, the third-party content selected based in part on information associated with the online account;
- providing an indication of the selected third-party content to the first application on the device;
- receiving, at the processor via a second application on the device, interaction data indicating an interaction with the third-party content within the first application and including the first cookie;
- and
- setting a second cookie in the second application based on a determination that the interaction data does not include the second cookie, the second cookie indicating authorization of the second application to use the online account.
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A system for setting a cookie on a device comprising a processor operable to:
- receive a content selection request from a first application executing on the device, the content selection request including a first cookie indicating authorization of the first application to use an online account;
- select, in response to the content selection request, third-party content for presentation within the first application, the third-party content selected based in part on information associated with the online account;
- provide an indication of the selected third-party content to the first application executing on the device;
- receive, via a second application on the device, data indicating interaction with the third-party content within the first application and including the first cookie;
- and
- set a second cookie in the second application based on a determination that the interaction data does not include the second cookie, the second cookie indicating authorization of the second application to use the online account.
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A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a content selection request from a first application executing on the device, the content selection request including a first cookie indicating authorization of the first application to use an online account;
- selecting, in response to the content selection request, third-party content for presentation within the first application, the third-party content selected based in part on information associated with the online account;
- providing an indication of the selected third-party content to the first application executing on the device;
- receiving, via a second application on the device, data indicating interaction with the third-party content within the first application and including the first cookie;
- and
- setting a second cookie in the second application based on a determination that the interaction data does not include the second cookie, the second cookie indicating authorization of the second application to use the online account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.