Identifier management in message transmission system
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Abstract
The invention provides a system for facilitating communication between two or more sites, where the system comprises an information utility operable to enable communication between a first site and a second site, and a user registration system coupled to the information utility, the user registration system operable to enable the first and second sites to identify users without sharing user information.
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16 Claims
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12. A computer-implemented method of managing user identification with an information utility coupled to multiple sites over a network, each site allowing users to register separately with the respective site, the method comprising:
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registering a user with the information utility and assigning an information utility user identifier;
registering each site with the information utility and storing site-specific information associated with one or more users previously registered at the respective sites;
associating stored site-specific information with corresponding information utility user identifiers;
receiving transaction information for a user in the vocabulary of a first site;
translating the transaction information at the information utility from the vocabulary of the first site to a vocabulary of a second site in accordance with site-specific information of the second site associated with the user; and
sending transaction information in the vocabulary of the second site to the second site.
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13. A system for facilitating transactions of a user with sites over a network, the system comprising:
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an information utility;
a content site which provides a listing of components to a composition coupled to the information utility; and
a merchant site which sells the components coupled to the information utility;
wherein said information utility translates the list of components from the content site into a shopping list compatible with the merchant site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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