Method and system for sharing anonymous user information
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method and system for sharing online user information in an anonymous manner. The system associates an identifier with anonymized information of the user, and sends the anonymized user information to a receiving party.
In one embodiment, the system receives a temporary id with personally identifiable information from a Web site, uses the personally identifiable information as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user.
In another embodiment, the system receives a temporary id from a Web site with a cookie from the user, uses the cookie as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing anonymized user information, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for sharing anonymized user information, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to; generate 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; and associate an identifier with the anonymized user information and send the anonymized user information to a receiving party, the memory coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for sharing anonymized user information, comprising:
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means for generating 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; means for associating an identifier with the anonymized user information; and means for sending the anonymized user information to a receiving party.
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