Requesting offline profile data for online use in a privacy-sensitive manner
First Claim
1. A method performed using one or more computers under control of an ISP, comprising:
- (a) receiving at one or more of the computers from a requesting server an electronic transmission of an IP address and a time and date;
(b) automatically determining, using one or more of the computers, to which subscriber of the ISP the IP address received in part (a) was allocated at the time and date received in part (a); and
(c) automatically transmitting from one or more of the computers an electronic communication that causes delivery to the requesting server of offline data originating from an offline data provider, which offline data concern the subscriber determined in part (b), which communication does not convey to the offline data provider information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber determined in part (b) via online access provided by the ISP, and which delivery and which offline data do not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber determined in part (b).
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Abstract
A method, performed using one or more servers under the control of an ISP, comprises: (a) receiving an electronic transmission from a requesting server of an IP address and a time and date; (b) automatically determining to which subscriber of the ISP the received IP address was allocated at the received time and date; and (c) automatically transmitting an electronic communication that causes delivery to the requesting server of offline data originating from an offline data provider. The delivered offline data concern the subscriber determined to have been allocated the received IP address at the received time and date. The communication does not convey to the offline data provider the subscriber'"'"'s history of online activity, and the delivery does not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. A method performed using one or more computers under control of an ISP, comprising:
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(a) receiving at one or more of the computers from a requesting server an electronic transmission of an IP address and a time and date; (b) automatically determining, using one or more of the computers, to which subscriber of the ISP the IP address received in part (a) was allocated at the time and date received in part (a); and (c) automatically transmitting from one or more of the computers an electronic communication that causes delivery to the requesting server of offline data originating from an offline data provider, which offline data concern the subscriber determined in part (b), which communication does not convey to the offline data provider information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber determined in part (b) via online access provided by the ISP, and which delivery and which offline data do not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber determined in part (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising one or more computers under the control of an ISP, wherein the one or more computers are structured and connected:
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(a) to receive at one or more of the computers from a requesting server an electronic transmission of an IP address and a time and date; (b) to determine automatically, using one or more of the computers, to which subscriber of the ISP the IP address received in part (a) was allocated at the time and date received in part (a); and (c) to transmit automatically from one or more of the computers an electronic communication that causes delivery to the requesting server of offline data originating from an offline data provider, which offline data concern the subscriber determined in part (b), which communication does not convey to the offline data provider information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber determined in part (b) via online access provided by the ISP, and which delivery and which offline data do not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber determined in part (b). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An article comprising a non-transitory tangible medium encoding computer-readable instructions that, when applied to one or more computers under the control of an ISP, instruct one or more of the servers computers:
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(a) to receive at one or more of the computers an electronic transmission of an IP address and a time and date; (b) to determine automatically, with at least one of the computers, to which subscriber of the ISP the IP address received in part (a) was allocated at the time and date received in part (a); and (c) to transmit automatically from one or more of the computers an electronic communication that causes delivery to the requesting server of offline data originating from an offline data provider, which offline data concern the subscriber determined in part (b), which communication does not convey to the offline data provider information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber determined in part (b) via online access provided by the ISP, and which delivery and which offline data do not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber determined in part (b). - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method performed using one or more computers, comprising:
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(a) automatically electronically transmitting, to a computers under control of an ISP, an IP address and a time and date corresponding to an online action of a subscriber of the ISP; and (b) receiving an electronic transmission of offline data concerning the subscriber, which offline data originate from an offline data provider that lacks information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber via online access provided by the ISP, and which received electronic transmission and which offline data do not convey a personal identity of the subscriber.
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44. A method performed using one or more computers under control of an offline data provider, comprising:
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(a) receiving from a server under control of an ISP an electronic communication that includes information personally identifying a subscriber of the ISP, which received communication does not convey information pertaining to a history of online activity, which online activity is performed by the subscriber via online access provided by the ISP; and (b) in response to part (a), automatically electronically transmitting to a requesting server (i) offline data concerning the subscriber and (ii) an identifier associated by the requesting server with an online user interface device used by the subscriber to conduct an online action on a certain time and date via an IP address allocated by the ISP to the subscriber, which offline data and which identifier do not convey to the requesting server a personal identity of the subscriber.
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