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PROFILE AND CONSENT ACCRUAL

  • US 20140237616A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2014
  • Published: 08/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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  • A method of managing consent between a client and a network server, said client and said network server being coupled to a data communication network, said network server providing a service to a user via the client, said client operating a browser configured to permit the user to communicate on the data communication network, said method comprising;

    maintaining a user profile associated with the user;

    receiving a request from the service provided by the network server for user information associated with the user and for consent to use the requested user information;

    determining, in response to the request for consent, when the requested user information is not included in the user profile;

    in response to the determining that the requested user information is not included in the user profile, providing to the user via the browser a user interface to collect the requested user information that is not included in the user profile from the user;

    receiving via the interface the user information that is not included in the user profile, said user information provided by the user in response to the providing of the user interface to the user;

    updating the user profile with the received user information; and

    allowing access by the service to the received user information in the updated user profile whereby the user profile is updated with user information which in not included in the user profile when the request is received from the service so that the requested user information is accessible to the service.

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