Method and system for generating IP address profiles
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- gathering information about an IP address associated with an Internet user'"'"'s machine, wherein the information is based at least in part on the activity of the Internet user'"'"'s machine when accessing one or more Internet sites;
storing the information in a database in association with the IP address;
generating, by a profile server, a profile associated with the IP address based at least in part on the stored information;
receiving a request for the profile from a web server in response to the Internet user'"'"'s machine requesting access to an Internet site associated with the web server;
determining whether the web server is authorized to have access to the profile; and
transmitting, in response to the request and after determining the web server is authorized to have access to the profile, the profile to the web server, the web server dynamically altering one or more configurations of the Internet site based at least in part on the profile.
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Abstract
A method and server for generating an IP address profile are provided. The method may include first gathering information about an IP address associated with an Internet user based at least in part on the Internet user'"'"'s activity with respect to one or more Internet sites. The information may be stored in a database in association with the IP address, and a profile associated with the IP address may be generated based at least in part on the stored information. At some point, a request may be received for the profile from a web server in response to the Internet user requesting access to an Internet site associated with the web server. In response, the profile may be transmitted to the web server, such that the web server can dynamically alter one or more configurations of the Internet site based at least in part on the profile.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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gathering information about an IP address associated with an Internet user'"'"'s machine, wherein the information is based at least in part on the activity of the Internet user'"'"'s machine when accessing one or more Internet sites; storing the information in a database in association with the IP address; generating, by a profile server, a profile associated with the IP address based at least in part on the stored information; receiving a request for the profile from a web server in response to the Internet user'"'"'s machine requesting access to an Internet site associated with the web server; determining whether the web server is authorized to have access to the profile; and transmitting, in response to the request and after determining the web server is authorized to have access to the profile, the profile to the web server, the web server dynamically altering one or more configurations of the Internet site based at least in part on the profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server, comprising:
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a memory comprising computer-executable instructions; and a processor functionally coupled to the memory and configured, by the computer-executable instructions, to; gather information about an IP address associated with an Internet user'"'"'s machine, wherein the information is based at least in part on the activity of the Internet user'"'"'s machine when accessing the one or more Internet sites; store the information in a database in association with the IP address; generate a profile associated with the IP address based at least in part on the stored information; receive a request for the profile from a web server in response to the Internet user'"'"'s machine requesting access to an Internet site associated with the web server; determine whether the web server is authorized to have access to the profile; and transmit, in response to the request and after determining the web server is authorized to have access to the profile, the profile to the web server, the web server dynamically altering one or more configurations of the Internet site based at least part it the profile. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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