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Method and system for sharing anonymous user information

  • US 7,930,252 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2001
  • Issued: 04/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing anonymized user information, comprising:

  • generating, with a computer system, anonymized user information by;

    (a) accessing personally identifiable information about a user,(b) using the personally identifiable information about the user to identify generalized, non-personally identifiable demographic information that defines a set of generalized information that includes demographic information consistent with the personally identifiable information about the user, and(c) assigning the generalized, non-personally identifiable demographic information as anonymized user information corresponding to the user;

    associating, via the computer system, an identifier with the anonymized user information; and

    sending, via the computer system, the anonymized user information to a receiving party.

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