METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN ANONYMOUS REQUEST FROM A CONSUMER TO A CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDER THROUGH A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK
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Abstract
A method and associated arrangement allows a content or service provider to establish an anonymous profile of a consumer using at least one request sent by the consumer through a communication network. The request sent by the consumer includes identification data of the consumer. The identification data is substituted in the network with an alias so as to anonymize the request. The identification data is not accessible to the content or service provider and there is a one-to-one and immutable correspondence between the identification data and the alias.
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46 Claims
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26. A method allowing a content or service provider to own an anonymous profile of a consumer, comprising the steps of:
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using at least one request sent by the consumer through a communication network, including in the request sent by the consumer identification data of the consumer, and substituting the identification data in the network with an alias so as to anonymize the request vis-à
-vis said content or service provider, whereinthe identification data is not accessible to the content or service provider and there is a one-to-one and immutable correspondence between the identification data and the alias, and wherein said profile is established by said content or service provider, and in that said profile is updated each time a request is received from said consumer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An arrangement for interacting with a communication consumer identified through identification data unique to the consumer, the arrangement including:
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a content or service provider including a profile about the consumer, wherein the profile is established at least partially on the basis of a request sent over a communication network by the consumer, without requiring said consumer to register himself toward said arrangement, wherein the profile of the consumer contains an alias insufficient to directly identify the consumer, and a communication network containing a logic unit allowing the request to be routed between the consumer and the content or service provider, the identification data being not accessible to the content or service provider, wherein there is a one-to-one and immutable correspondence between the identification data and the alias, wherein said profile is established by said content or service provider and in that said content or service provider updates said profile each time a request is received from said consumer. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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