Method of using a code to track user access to content

• US 20100223290A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Piloandia, LLC
• Original Assignee: UnoWeb, Inc.
• Inventors: Almeida, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,037,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted

Abstract

A method for tracking user internet surfing involving steps of providing a computer hosting a plurality of contents stored on a computer storage medium; storing on the computer storage medium a surf code reference for each content in the plurality of contents; storing on the computer storage medium an identification of the user to enable the user to log in to the computer; enabling a logged-in user to access the computer through the requesting client to view a content in the plurality of contents; maintaining a user list comprising the surf-code reference of the content viewed by the logged-in user; enabling the logged-in user to access the user list to identify the content viewed by the logged-in user; and, presenting the content viewed by the logged-in user to the requesting client based on the user list.

Claims

1. A method of using a code to track user access to content, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a virtual server computer comprising a single interface for a plurality of contents provided by a plurality of content hosts,

wherein the plurality of contents are stored on the virtual server computer storage medium,

controlling all user interaction with the plurality of content hosts through the single interface;

requesting and receiving data from the plurality of content hosts;

permitting a user to access the virtual server computer through a requesting client in order to view at least two different contents in the plurality of contents;

assigning a surf code reference to each of the different contents viewed, the surf code reference comprising information that identifies the contents viewed;

supplying from the virtual server computer a user list to the user, the user list comprising different contents viewed by the user; and

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presenting the content viewed by the user to the requesting client based on the user list.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using a database for storage on the virtual server computer.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using virtual means to enable the user to view at least one of the plurality of contents.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the user list on the virtual server computer, the user list comprising the surf-code reference for each of the different contents viewed by the user.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of permitting the user to access the user list to identify the content viewed by the user.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

registering the user; and

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logging in the user.

16. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing at least one of the multiple contents as an e-commerce related content.

2. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

storing a user-tracking code on the virtual server computer storage medium;

transmitting the user tracking code from the virtual server computer to storage on the requesting client; and

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using the virtual server computer to associate the surf code reference of the content viewed by the user with the user.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of storing on the virtual server computer storage medium the surf-code reference associated with the user tracking code;

and, associating the user-tracking code with the identification of the user.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of using a cookie file as the user tracking code.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of using the code reference as the user tracking code.

10. A method for tracking the supplying of contents by a virtual network, the method comprising the steps of:

permitting a user at a client to access a virtual server providing the virtual network, wherein such access enables the user to view multiple contents supplied by a different hosts in the virtual network, wherein the virtual server sends a request and receives data from the different hosts, and wherein the virtual server has all the required software and hardware to support the ability to virtually present the multiple contents;

receiving a request from a user to create a user list of different contents viewed by the user;

assigning a surf code reference to each of the contents viewed, the surf code reference comprising information that identifies the contents viewed;

storing the user list comprising the surf code reference automatically within the virtual network for each content supplied to the user;

permitting the user at the client to request the user-list from the virtual network;

supplying from the virtual network the user-list to the user at the client; and

, supplying a content to the user drawn from the user list.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of receiving a request from a user to create a user list of different contents viewed by the user.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of providing at least one of the multiple contents as an e-commerce related content.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

registering the user; and

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logging in the user.

12. (canceled)