Differentiating a User from Multiple Users Based on a Determined Pattern of Accessing a Prescribed Network Destination
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting, by an apparatus at a user premises, a user method executed by a user at the user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request;
associating, by the apparatus, the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request; and
outputting, by the apparatus, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination.
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In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by an apparatus at a user premises, a user method executed by a user at the user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request; associating, by the apparatus, the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request; and outputting, by the apparatus, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting, by an apparatus at a user premises, a user method executed by a user at the user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request; associating, by the apparatus, the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request; and outputting, by the apparatus, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a device interface circuit configured for detecting a user method executed by a user at a user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request; and a processor circuit configured for associating the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request, the processor circuit configured for outputting, via the device interface circuit, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination, the apparatus implemented at the user premises. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a device interface circuit configured for detecting a user input associated with a user method executed by a user at a user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request; and means for associating the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request, the means for associating configured for outputting, via the device interface circuit, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination, the apparatus implemented at the user premises.
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24. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable for:
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detecting, by an apparatus executing the logic at a user premises, a user method executed by a user at the user premises for submitting a web request for an identified web destination, the user method being one of a plurality of available user methods for submitting the web request; and associating, by the apparatus, the user method with the identified web destination specified in the web request; and outputting, by the apparatus, the web request with at least one of a user method identifier specifying the corresponding user method or a user identifier that identifies the user independent of any data structure received from any web destination.
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