METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING LOGIN PREFERENCE INFORMATION OF USERS IN A NETWORK-BASED TRANSACTION FACILITY
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- setting a session cookie for a user during a login of a user to a network-based transaction facility, wherein the session cookie is set in response to login preference information defined by the user via separate interactions from the login and the session cookie identifies the login preference information of the user for access to features of the network-based transaction facility; and
using the login preference information to selectively activate a number of the features of the network-based transaction facility in a manner that was custom defined by the user within the login preference information.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to various aspects for maintaining and utilizing login preference information of users of a network-based transaction facility. In one embodiment, user interface information is communicated to a client via a communications network. The user interface information includes information concerning a plurality of features within the network-based transaction facility. The user interface information also specifies a login interface that facilitates user input of login preference information pertaining to each of the plurality of features. Further, the login preference information is received from the client via the communications network and utilized to control user access to any of the plurality of features within the network-based transaction facility via the communications network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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setting a session cookie for a user during a login of a user to a network-based transaction facility, wherein the session cookie is set in response to login preference information defined by the user via separate interactions from the login and the session cookie identifies the login preference information of the user for access to features of the network-based transaction facility; and
using the login preference information to selectively activate a number of the features of the network-based transaction facility in a manner that was custom defined by the user within the login preference information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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interacting with a user to receive login preference information from the user as it relates to a plurality of features available to the user via a network-based transaction facility; and
providing options for the login preference information that permits the user to decide whether the login preference information is to be set as a session cookie for the user with subsequent login sessions to the network-based transaction facility or whether the login preference information is to be retrieved from a database each time a user attempts to access a particular feature of the network-based transaction facility during those subsequent login sessions, and wherein each option permits the user to custom define how access and presentation of a particular feature is to be handled during those subsequent login sessions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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logging a user into a network-based transaction facility in response to verification information supplied by the user;
presenting the user with a login preference interface for the user to custom define access restrictions for particular features of the network-based transaction facility on a per feature basis; and
allowing the user to decide within the login preference interface as to whether a session cookie is permissible set during subsequent login sessions of the user with the network-based transaction facility, wherein the login preference information is included within the session cookie. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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