Pseudonymous server for system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for automatically providing a user with confidential access to selected ones of a plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics that are accessible via an electronic storage media, where said users are connected via user terminals and data communication connections to a target server system which accesses said electronic storage media, said method comprising the steps of:
- confidentially generating a user pseudonym at a proxy server, which pseudonym is unique to said user, by means of authenticated user credentials provided by an authenticating entity;
mapping a user target profile interest summary indicative of said user'"'"'s access patterns to target objects and sets of target object characteristics to said user pseudonym;
enabling access by said user to said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media via said user target profile interest summary associated with said user'"'"'s pseudonym; and
confidentially routing target objects and sets of target object characteristics, retrieved in said step of enabling access, to said user.
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Abstract
This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically constructs both a "target profile" for each target object in the electronic media based, for example, on the frequency with which each word appears in an article relative to its overall frequency of use in all articles, as well as a "target profile interest summary" for each user, which target profile interest summary describes the user'"'"'s interest level in various types of target objects. The system then evaluates the target profiles against the users'"'"' target profile interest summaries to generate a user-customized rank ordered listing of target objects most likely to be of interest to each user so that the user can select from among these potentially relevant target objects, which were automatically selected by this system from the plethora of target objects that are profiled on the electronic media. Users'"'"' target profile interest summaries can be used to efficiently organize the distribution of information in a large scale system consisting of many users interconnected by means of a communication network. Additionally, a cryptographically-based pseudonym proxy server is provided to ensure the privacy of a user'"'"'s target profile interest summary, by giving the user control over the ability of third parties to access this summary and to identify or contact the user.
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1. A method for automatically providing a user with confidential access to selected ones of a plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics that are accessible via an electronic storage media, where said users are connected via user terminals and data communication connections to a target server system which accesses said electronic storage media, said method comprising the steps of:
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confidentially generating a user pseudonym at a proxy server, which pseudonym is unique to said user, by means of authenticated user credentials provided by an authenticating entity; mapping a user target profile interest summary indicative of said user'"'"'s access patterns to target objects and sets of target object characteristics to said user pseudonym; enabling access by said user to said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media via said user target profile interest summary associated with said user'"'"'s pseudonym; and confidentially routing target objects and sets of target object characteristics, retrieved in said step of enabling access, to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus for automatically providing a user with confidential access to selected ones of a plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics that are accessible via an electronic storage media, where said users are connected via user terminals and data communication connections to a target server system which accesses said electronic storage media, said method comprising:
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means for confidentially generating a user pseudonym at a proxy server, which pseudonym is unique to said user, by means of authenticated user credentials provided by an authenticating entity; means for mapping a user target profile interest summary indicative of said user'"'"'s access patterns to target objects and sets of target object characteristics to said user pseudonym; means for enabling access by said user to said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media via said user target profile interest summary associated with said user'"'"'s pseudonym; and means for confidentially routing target objects and sets of target object characteristics, retrieved in said step of enabling access, to said user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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