METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING ANONYMOUS USER INFORMATION

• US 20110161422A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cronin, Garrett J., Bender, Brad H., Lloyd, John A.
• Application Number:
  US13/041,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/383 Anonymous user system

Abstract

A method and system for sharing online user information in an anonymous manner. The system associates an identifier with anonymized information of the user, and sends the anonymized user information to a receiving party.

In one embodiment, the system receives a temporary id with personally identifiable information from a Web site, uses the personally identifiable information as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user.

In another embodiment, the system receives a temporary id from a Web site with a cookie from the user, uses the cookie as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user.

Claims

1. A method for sharing anonymous user information, comprising:

associating an identifier with anonymized information of the user; and

sending the anonymized user information to a receiving party.

2-23. -23. (canceled)