Method and device for publishing cross-network user behavioral data
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1. A computer-implemented method, implemented, at least in part, by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising:
- collecting, using hardware in combination with software on a client computer, cross-network user behavior data related to a user'"'"'s interactions on the client computer with a plurality of web sites, wherein not all of the plurality of web sites are associated with a content provider, and not all of the plurality of web sites are associated with a portal;
summarizing the cross-network user behavior data on the client computer, the summarizing including, for a plurality of subject categories, one or more of;
categorizing recency of the user visiting a web site on the client computer in at least some of the plurality of subject categories,categorizing user category involvement from the user visiting the website on the client computer in at least some of the subject categories by rolling up indicators of visits into categorical time segments,categorizing recency of selections of at least one banner advertisement on the client computer, andcategorizing user category involvement from user selections of the at least one banner advertisement on the client computer; and
publishing the summarized cross-network user behavior data on the client computer to one or more memory structures on the client computer; and
in response to the user accessing an authorized domain via the client computer via a network, providing at least some of the summarized cross-network user behavior data in the one or more memory structures on the client computer to a server at the authorized domain.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to summarizing cross-network user behavioral data. The summarizing cross-network user behavioral data may particularly include publishing the data to one or more data structures that become accessible to a server hosting an authorized domain when a user accesses the authorized domain.
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1. A computer-implemented method, implemented, at least in part, by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising:
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collecting, using hardware in combination with software on a client computer, cross-network user behavior data related to a user'"'"'s interactions on the client computer with a plurality of web sites, wherein not all of the plurality of web sites are associated with a content provider, and not all of the plurality of web sites are associated with a portal; summarizing the cross-network user behavior data on the client computer, the summarizing including, for a plurality of subject categories, one or more of; categorizing recency of the user visiting a web site on the client computer in at least some of the plurality of subject categories, categorizing user category involvement from the user visiting the website on the client computer in at least some of the subject categories by rolling up indicators of visits into categorical time segments, categorizing recency of selections of at least one banner advertisement on the client computer, and categorizing user category involvement from user selections of the at least one banner advertisement on the client computer; and publishing the summarized cross-network user behavior data on the client computer to one or more memory structures on the client computer; and in response to the user accessing an authorized domain via the client computer via a network, providing at least some of the summarized cross-network user behavior data in the one or more memory structures on the client computer to a server at the authorized domain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method, implemented, at least in part, by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising:
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observing, by hardware in combination with software on a client computer, cross-network user behavior of a user of the client computer, wherein the cross-network user behavior relates, at least in part, to the client computer accessing a plurality of web sites that are not all associated with a user behavior data collection network, are not all associated with a content provider, and are not all associated with a portal, and at least one keyword derived from context of a selection action by the user on the client computer; selecting a subject category from a plurality of subject categories and deriving a summary metric of the user'"'"'s degree of involvement in the selected subject category for a particular cross-network user behavior of the user of the client computer; publishing the summary metric to one or more memory structures on the client computer; and in response to the user accessing an authorized domain via the client computer via a network, providing at least some of the information in the summary metric in the one or more memory structures from the client computer to a server at the authorized domain. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer-implemented method, implemented, at least in part, by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising:
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summarizing observed cross-network user behavior data using a behavior summarizing module operating on a client computer, wherein the observed cross-network user behavior includes; access to web sites that are not all associated with a content provider, a user behavior collection network, and a portal; and at least one keyword derived from context of the access to the web sites; and wherein the summarizing for the observed cross-network user behavior includes deriving a summary metric of the user'"'"'s degree of interest in subject categories from a plurality of subject categories; and publishing the summary metric from the behavior summarizing module to one or more memory structures; and providing information in the summary metric in the one or more memory structures from the client computer to a server at an authorized domain in response to the user accessing the authorized domain via the client computer via a network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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