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Identification of users on a network

  • US 20050235155A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2002
  • Published: 10/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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