Behavioral Advertisement Targeting And Creation Of Ad-Hoc Microcommunities Through User Authentication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- allowing a user to submit authentication information via a third party website;
accessing a personal account associated with the user using the authentication information; and
presenting information to the user on the third party website based on data associated with the personal account.
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Abstract
Implementations of behavioral advertisement targeting and creation of ad-hoc microcommunities through user authentication are described. In one implementation, a user is allowed to submit authentication information on a webpage associated with a third party website. For example, a user can identify himself by entering a username and password to an email account unaffiliated with the third party website. The authentication information can then be used to access a personal account associated with the user. For example, behavioral data associated with the user can be gathered from the personal account and be used to present advertisements on the webpage targeting a specific behavioral profile of the user. Alternately, the user can be presented with options to interact with information in the personal account. For example, the user may be given the opportunity to invite members of a contacts list in the personal account to visit the webpage.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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allowing a user to submit authentication information via a third party website; accessing a personal account associated with the user using the authentication information; and presenting information to the user on the third party website based on data associated with the personal account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium having a set of computer-readable instructions residing thereon that, when executed, perform acts comprising:
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accepting authentication information entered by a user into an authentication control on a third party website; accessing a personal account associated with the user using the authentication information; and enabling presentation on the third party website of information targeting the user based on information associated with the personal account. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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an authentication module configured to access authentication information entered by a user into a authentication control on a webpage associated with a third party website; and a presentation module configured to; access an account storage on which a personal account associated with the authentication information resides; access information from the personal account based on the authentication information; and target the user by presenting information based on the personal account on the webpage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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