Method and system for maintaining login preference information of users in a network-based transaction facility
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a server, a successful login by a user to a network facility;
accessing, by the server, user information to acquire login preference information for the user; and
configuring, by the server, the network facility to selectively activate features for the network facility based on the login preference information and allowing the user decide on whether a cookie is to be saved during online activity with the network facility.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to various aspects for maintaining and utilizing login preference information of users of a network-based transaction facility. In one embodiment, user interface information is communicated to a client via a communications network. The user interface information includes information concerning a plurality of features within the network-based transaction facility. The user interface information also specifies a login interface that facilitates user input of login preference information pertaining to each of the plurality of features. Further, the login preference information is received from the client via the communications network and utilized to control user access to any of the plurality of features within the network-based transaction facility via the communications network.
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting, by a server, a successful login by a user to a network facility; accessing, by the server, user information to acquire login preference information for the user; and configuring, by the server, the network facility to selectively activate features for the network facility based on the login preference information and allowing the user decide on whether a cookie is to be saved during online activity with the network facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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presenting, by a server, an interface to a user for defining preference information for a network facility; receiving, by the server, selections within the interface for the preference information, a number of the selections defining particular features of the network facility and how the user is to interact with those particular features when the user subsequently authenticates to the network facility for access; and recording, by the server, the preference information and its association with the user for customized access to the network facility by the user with subsequent communication sessions between the user and the network facility and permitting the user to decide whether a cookie is to be saved during online activity with the network facility. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a server configured and programmed with a network facility that executes on the server and that interacts with users over a network; and the network facility configured to interact with each of the users to define preference information for each user that identifies how each user interacts with user-selected features of the network facility, the preference information enforced by the network facility each time a particular user logs into and interacts with the network facility, whether a cookie is to be saved during online activity with the network facility is determined and within the control of the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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