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USER IDENTIFICATION IN THE HEADER OF DATA PACKETS

  • US 20090112703A1
  • Filed: 12/31/2008
  • Published: 04/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of identifying a computer user on a network, comprising:

  • instructing a computing device used by multiple members of a household to include, in a data field of a request for data sent from a browser program running on the computing device, identification data that uniquely identifies the computing device on the network and that includes information about a user of the computing device that identifies the user from among the multiple members of the household;

    receiving the data field from the computing device with the request for data made by the computing device;

    parsing the data field to extract the identification data; and

    identifying the computing device and the user from the extracted identification data.

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