Directed content to anonymized users
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying directed content without access to personally-identifiable information of a user, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices and from a user device, a request for a web page;
providing, in response to the request, the web page including a script in an iFrame of the web page;
receiving, by the one or more computing devises and from the user device, a communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame, wherein the communication generated by execution of the script includes a single group identifier that identifies a particular group that includes multiple different individual members of the particular group and one or more characteristics of a user of the user device, wherein the single group identifier is associated with one or more characteristics of the multiple different individual members of the particular group, but does not include information identifying individual members of the particular group, wherein the one or more characteristics of the user of the user device indicate an interest of the user of the user device;
selecting, by the one or more computing devices, content that is determined to be responsive to the request using (i) the one or more characteristics received in the communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame and (ii) the one or more characteristics of the multiple different individual members of the particular group, without using information that identifies an individual member of the multiple different individual members of the particular group; and
providing the selected content for display on the user device.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for identifying directed content without access to personally-identifiable information of a user includes receiving a group identifier that identifies a group to which the user belongs and an identifier for a device of the user; selecting content that is determined to be responsive to preferences of the group, without using information that identifies the user; and providing the selected content for display on the device of the user.
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying directed content without access to personally-identifiable information of a user, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computing devices and from a user device, a request for a web page; providing, in response to the request, the web page including a script in an iFrame of the web page; receiving, by the one or more computing devises and from the user device, a communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame, wherein the communication generated by execution of the script includes a single group identifier that identifies a particular group that includes multiple different individual members of the particular group and one or more characteristics of a user of the user device, wherein the single group identifier is associated with one or more characteristics of the multiple different individual members of the particular group, but does not include information identifying individual members of the particular group, wherein the one or more characteristics of the user of the user device indicate an interest of the user of the user device; selecting, by the one or more computing devices, content that is determined to be responsive to the request using (i) the one or more characteristics received in the communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame and (ii) the one or more characteristics of the multiple different individual members of the particular group, without using information that identifies an individual member of the multiple different individual members of the particular group; and providing the selected content for display on the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented system for identifying content directed to users without access to personally-identifiable information of a user, the system comprising:
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a data storage device storing one or more characteristics in association with a single group identifier that identifies a particular group that includes multiple different individual members of the particular group; and one or more computing devices that interact with the data storage device and execute instructions that cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising; receiving, from a user device, a request for a web page; providing, in response to the request, the web page including a script in an iFrame of the web page; receiving, from the user device, a communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame, wherein the communication generated by execution of the script includes the single group identifier that identifies the particular group that includes multiple individual different members of the particular group and one or more characteristics of a user of the user device, wherein the single group identifier does not include information identifying individual members of the particular group, wherein the one or more characteristics of the user of the user device indicate an interest of the user of the user device; selecting content that is determined to be responsive to the request using (i) the one or more characteristics received in the communication generated by execution of the script in the iFrame and (ii) the one or more characteristics of the multiple different individual members of the particular group, without using information that identifies an individual member of the multiple different individual members of the particular group; and providing the selected content for display on the user device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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