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Method and system for monitoring online computer network behavior and creating online behavior profiles

  • US 7,996,912 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2009
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for collecting network usage data about users accessing a network and resources thereon without associating personally identifiable information with the usage data, comprising:

  • obtaining an identifier at a network service provider representing a user of a computer network;

    creating an anonymized identifier using the identifier obtained from the network service provider;

    associating the anonymized identifier with the user;

    identifying a network communication session between a host and the user;

    identifying a network request collected by the network service provider, the network request comprising a resource location identifier, the network request being determined to be related to the network communication session;

    stripping personally identifying data from the resource location identifier to create a modified resource location identifier, based on matching one or more patterns against the resource location identifier;

    recording, in a database, data associating the anonymized identifier with a subset of data related to the network communication session, the subset of data comprising the modified resource location identifier.

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