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Method and apparatus for selectively sharing and passively tracking communication device experiences

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  • US RE41,450 E1
  • Filed: 07/14/2008
  • Issued: 07/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of sharing computer user experiences, including:

  • communicating with a registration server to register a user, for automatic client-side collection of computer usage experiences for future sharing, wherein the computer usage experiences include one or more of browsing URLs or visiting a location with a location-aware device that records the visited location;

    accessing one or more of the user'"'"'s messaging buddy lists and selecting one or more buddies with whom to share the automatically collected computer usage experiences;

    defining categories of computer usage experiences to be shared with particular selected buddies;

    tracking automatically on the client-side at least a portion of the user'"'"'s computer usage experiences and reporting the user'"'"'s computer usage experiences to a tracking server to be published to the particular buddies in accordance with their defined categories of sharing.

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