CENTRALIZED WEB BROWSING PROFILE

• US 20120011223A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SRR Patent Holdings LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: LMR Inventions, L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Application Number:
  US12/834,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20120011223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for centralized cookie management. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for centralized cookie management includes receiving a request in a content browser executing in memory by at least one processor of a computer to retrieve content on behalf of an end user from a content server. The method further includes diverting transmission of the request from the content server to a centralized cookie repository remote from the content browser and the content server. The method yet further includes retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository, formulating a cookie from the profile data and combining the formulated cookie with the request. Finally, the method includes routing the request with the formulated cookie to the content server.

Claims

1. A method for centralized cookie management comprising:

receiving a request in a content browser executing in memory by at least one processor of a computer to retrieve content on behalf of an end user from a content server;

diverting transmission of the request from the content server to a centralized cookie repository remote from the content browser and the content server;

retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository;

formulating a cookie from the profile data and combining the formulated cookie with the request; and

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routing the request with the formulated cookie to the content server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a request in a content browser to retrieve content on behalf of an end user from a content server, comprises trapping a request in a content browser to retrieve content on behalf of an end user from a content server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository, comprises retrieving demographic data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository, comprises retrieving psychographic data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository, comprises retrieving payment processing data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the centralized cookie management module is a plug-in to the content browser.

6. A content browsing data processing system comprising:

a computer with at least one processor and memory configured for communicative coupling to a centralized cookie repository executing in memory by at least one processor of a host server;

a content browser executing in the computer; and

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a centralized cookie management module coupled to the content browser, the module comprising program code enabled to receive a request in the content browser, divert the request to the centralized cookie repository over a computer communications network along with a user identifier for a user initiating the request;

the centralized cookie repository comprising program code enabled to retrieve from a profile data store profile data for an end user corresponding to a provided identifier, to formulate a cookie with the profile data and to route the formulated cookie with a diverted request to a specified content server.

8. A computer program product for centralized cookie management, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code for receiving a request in a content browser to retrieve content on behalf of an end user from a content server;

computer readable program code diverting transmission of the request from the content server to a centralized cookie repository remote from the content browser and the content server;

computer readable program code retrieving profile data for the end user in the centralized cookie repository;

computer readable program code formulating a cookie from the profile data and combining the formulated cookie with the request; and

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computer readable program code routing the request with the formulated cookie to the content server.