System and method of determining user demographic profiles
First Claim
1. A method of determining a demographic category of users in a web environment that includes a client computer and a server computer comprising:
- receiving, from a web site, via the server computer across a network, demographic information about a first user, wherein the first user is a member of the website;
receiving a record of websites visited by the first user based on a monitoring and recording of a web browsing history of the first user; and
utilizing the demographic information about the first user to calculate the demographic category of other users that have visited one or more of the websites in the record of websites.
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Abstract
A method determines a user demographic profile of a user that visits one or more websites of a predetermined group of websites. The method includes generating a first record of visits by the user to the websites of the predetermined group of websites. The method further includes providing one or more website profiles comprising demographic characteristics of each website visited by the user of the predetermined group of websites. The method further includes calculating an estimated user demographic profile of the user by using the first record of visits by the user and the one or more website profiles.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of determining a demographic category of users in a web environment that includes a client computer and a server computer comprising:
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receiving, from a web site, via the server computer across a network, demographic information about a first user, wherein the first user is a member of the website; receiving a record of websites visited by the first user based on a monitoring and recording of a web browsing history of the first user; and utilizing the demographic information about the first user to calculate the demographic category of other users that have visited one or more of the websites in the record of websites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for determining a demographic category of users in a web environment that includes a client computer and a server computer comprising:
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a client computer having a memory; an application executing on the client computer, wherein the application is configured to; receive, from a website, via the server computer across a network, demographic information about a first user, wherein the first user is a member of the website; receive a record of websites visited by the first user based on a monitoring and recording of a web browsing history of the first user; and utilize the demographic information about the first user to calculate the demographic category of other users that have visited one or more of the websites in the record of websites. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transient computer readable medium encoded with computer program instructions executable by a computer to perform method steps for determining a demographic category of users in a web environment that includes a client computer and a server computer, wherein the method steps comprise:
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receiving, from a web site, via the server computer across a network, demographic information about a first user, wherein the first user is a member of the website; receiving a record of websites visited by the first user based on a monitoring and recording of a web browsing history of the first user; and utilizing the demographic information about the first user to calculate the demographic category of other users that have visited one or more of the websites in the record of websites. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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