Method for client-side personalization

• US 20050137999A1
• Filed: 02/01/2005
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Vignette Partnership LP (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: McCullough, Sean M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,668,834 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method or data processing system readable medium can be used for communications between a user and a network site. The method or medium may allow a user to determine what, if any, personal information should be transmitted to the network site. In one embodiment, the user may request personalization information including personalization rule(s) from the network site. The user can generate personalization logic based on the personalization information. In this manner, the user has better control over his or her personal information. The server computer at the network site may benefit because it does not have to generate the personalization logic for the user. Accordingly, the server computer at the network site may be able to accommodate more users or can respond to them faster.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method of communicating with a data processing system comprising:

receiving a first communication from the data processing system, wherein the first communication comprises a request for a personalization rule; and

sending to the data processing system the personalization rule in response to the first communication.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving a second communication from the data processing system, wherein the second communication comprises information based on the personalization rule.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving the first communication comprises receiving a request for personalization logic information that can be used to construct data consistent with the personalization logic information, wherein the personalization rule is at least part of the personalization logic information.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the first communication does not include the information corresponding to the personalization rule.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the first communication comprises at least one of:

minimum information needed for an HTTP communication;

a linguistic language information;

a time-zone information;

an IP address; and

an information regarding a territory where the data processing system is located, wherein the territory has a population of at least approximately 1,000 people.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein sending to the data processing system the personalization rule in response to the first communication further comprises a server computer sending the personalization rule to a client computer.

25. A method for communicating with a data processing system comprising:

sending to a data processing system a personalization rule;

receiving from the data processing system a communication, wherein the communication comprises a network address for the network site and a user information for a user corresponding to the personalization rule

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the personalization rule is sent to the data processing system in response to an earlier communication from the data processing system that does not include information sufficient to specifically identify the user.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the communication from the data processing system comprises a network address for the network site and a user information corresponding to a personalization rule, wherein the user information is not part of the first communication.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the personalization rule is part of personalization logic information sent to the data processing system.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein sending to a data processing system a personalization rule further comprises a server computer sending the personalization rule to a client computer.

30. A method of communicating with a network site comprising:

receiving from the network site a personalization rule; and

sending a communication to the network site, wherein the communication comprises a network address for the network site and a user information for a user corresponding to the personalization rule.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising sending a request to the network site for the personalization rule.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein sending a request to the network site for the personalization rule further comprises requesting personalization logic information that can be used to construct data for the user consistent with the user information, wherein the personalization rule is at least part of the personalization logic information.

33. The method of claim 30, further comprising removing a cookie from a data processing system before sending the request to the network site for the personalization logic, wherein the cookie originated from the network site during a prior visit.

34. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

using a browser having a browser preference on a data processing system to access a network, wherein using occurs during a first time period;

before using the browser to access the network after the first time period, changing the browser preference before sending the first communication.

35. The method of claim 30, further comprising setting all preferences for a browser file to their settings when the browser file was first installed on a data processing system of the user, wherein the data processing system is used in sending the first communication.

36. A method of communicating with a network site comprising:

sending a first communication to the network site, wherein the first communication comprises a request for a personalization rule; and

receiving a personalization rule in response to the first communication.

37. The method of claim 36, further comprising sending a communication to the network site, wherein the communication comprises a network address for the network site and a user information for a user corresponding to the personalization rule

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the first communication from the data processing system that does not include information sufficient to specifically identify the user.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the second communication comprises a network address for the network site and a user information corresponding to the personalization rule, wherein the user information is not part of the first communication.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the personalization rule is part of personalization logic information sent to the data processing system.

41. The method of claim 36, wherein sending a first communication to the network site further comprises sending the first communication from a client computer running a browser to a server computer.