Web user profiling system and method
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1. A web user profiling system comprising:
- a profile editor for user-controlled profile creation and management;
a web classification tree including a keyword language, the tree providing a hierarchal structure for classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior;
a web page analysis engine for classifying web pages viewed leveraging the tree;
a page stream analysis engine for filtering the classified web pages into classification groupings to provide dynamic user profile information; and
a profile gateway having a security manager, the gateway providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile.
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Abstract
A web user profiling system and method. The method includes a profile editor for user-controlled profile creation and management, a web classification tree including a keyword language, the tree providing a hierarchal structure for classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior, and a web page analysis engine for classifying web pages viewed leveraging the tree. The system further includes a page stream analysis engine for filtering the classified web pages into classification groupings to provide dynamic user profile information, and a profile gateway having a security manager, the gateway providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile.
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28 Claims
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1. A web user profiling system comprising:
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a profile editor for user-controlled profile creation and management;
a web classification tree including a keyword language, the tree providing a hierarchal structure for classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior;
a web page analysis engine for classifying web pages viewed leveraging the tree;
a page stream analysis engine for filtering the classified web pages into classification groupings to provide dynamic user profile information; and
a profile gateway having a security manager, the gateway providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A web user profiling method comprising the steps of:
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(i) creating and managing a user-controlled profile using a profile editor;
(ii) classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior using a hierarchal structured classification tree including a keyword language;
(iii) classifying web pages using a web page analysis engine that leverages the tree;
(iv) filtering the classified web pages into classification groupings using a page stream analysis engine to provide dynamic profile information; and
(v) providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile using a profile gateway having a security manager. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A web user profiling system comprising:
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(i) means for creating and managing a user-controlled profile using a profile editor;
(ii) means for classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior using a hierarchal structured classification tree including a keyword language;
(iii) means for classifying web pages using a web page analysis engine that leverages the tree;
(iv) means for filtering the classified pages into classification groupings using a page stream analysis engine to provide dynamic profile information; and
(v) means for providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile using a profile gateway having a security manager.
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28. A storage medium readable by a computer encoding a computer process to provide a web user profiling method, the computer process comprising:
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(i) a processing portion for creating and managing a user-controlled profile using a profile editor;
(ii) a processing portion for classifying a user'"'"'s web behavior using a hierarchal structured classification tree including a keyword language;
(iii) a processing portion for classifying web pages using a web page analysis engine that leverages the tree;
(iv) a processing portion for filtering the classified web pages into classification groupings using a page stream analysis engine to provide dynamic profile information; and
(v) a processing portion for providing permissioned remote access to a user'"'"'s profile using a profile gateway having a security manager.
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