Identification of users on a network
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1. For use in a network including a server computer and a plurality of client computers connected for communication with the server through the network, a method for identifying one of the client computers or a user of the one computer, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining on the one client computer an identification signal representing an identification code which is unique to the one client computer or one user of that computer, the identification signal being independent of any cookie;
storing on the network and in association with the identification signal client information signals representing information related to the client computer or the one user; and
providing the identification signal from the client computer to the server computer when the client computer communicates with the server computer over the network.
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Abstract
The present invention enables the reading and writing of files stored in the cache of a web browser (100) without the use of cookies. The user requests an uncokie (hookie) from browser (100). The browser checks to see if the uncookie is cached within itself (102). If not, the browser requests (110) the uncookie from the server.
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1. For use in a network including a server computer and a plurality of client computers connected for communication with the server through the network, a method for identifying one of the client computers or a user of the one computer, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining on the one client computer an identification signal representing an identification code which is unique to the one client computer or one user of that computer, the identification signal being independent of any cookie;
storing on the network and in association with the identification signal client information signals representing information related to the client computer or the one user; and
providing the identification signal from the client computer to the server computer when the client computer communicates with the server computer over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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9. In a network including a server computer and a plurality of client computers connected for communication with the server through the network, an improvement for identifying one of the client computers or a user of the one computer, comprising:
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an identification signal representing an identification code which is unique to the one client computer or one user of that computer stored on the one client computer, the identification signal being independent of any cookie;
client information signals representing information related to the client computer or the one user are stored on the network and in association with the identification signal; and
executable in the one client computer providing the identification signal from the client computer to the server computer when the client computer communicates with the server computer over the network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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