ESTABLISHING USER CONSENT TO COOKIE STORAGE ON USER TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

• US 20130254649A1
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael O'Neill, O'Neill, Valerie Alexandra
• Original Assignee: Michael O'Neill, O'Neill, Valerie Alexandra
• Inventors: O'Neill, Michael, O'Neill, Valerie Alexandra
• Application Number:
  US13/489,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The present invention relates in general to a system, method and apparatus for obtaining the explicit consent from a person who is requesting access to internet content, such as a web page or image, to have cookies, perhaps used for used for Tracking or Behavioural Advertising purposes, stored on their computer or device. In particular, the present invention relates to a system, method and apparatus whereby website Publishers place a page element that displays a recognisable icon to their visitors which can initiate a transaction whereby consent can be obtained for cookie storage. If consent is refused cookies are automatically removed from the visitor'"'"'s computer or device. Cookies classed as 3^rd party in that they are placed by web server other that controlled by the Web Publisher, can also be stopped by the invention.

Claims

3-1. A method recited in claim 3 for stopping the placement of cookies in a visitor'"'"'s browser by ^3rd party content embedded in a Web Publisher'"'"'s web page if they have not agreed to receive said cookies where script in the Web Publisher'"'"'s web page, the 3^rd Party Script, is inhibited from executing by amendments to the script such as setting the type attribute of the 3^rd Party Script tag to “

text/plain”

rather than “

text/JavaScript”

. A Code function in the Associated JavaScript can selectively enable the execution of the 3rd Party Script when the 3^rd Party Allow Record indicates that the visitor has agreed to cookies from that 3^rd Party Provider.