Method and system for profile control

US8949176B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8949176-B2
Application numberUS-18141808-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 29, 2008
Priority dateJul 29, 2008
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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A system and method may include monitoring communications between a user device, a website, and a behavioral tracking provider, capturing user information transmitted during the monitored communications, analyze the user information to determine one or more relationships between the user device, the websites, and the behavioral tracking provider, and outputting the one or more relationships to the user device.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method comprising: monitoring, via an information tracker module comprising at least one processor, a data stream between a user device and a media provider, wherein the data stream comprises one or more requests for one or more webpages; identifying, via the information tracker module, a behavioral tracking provider associated with the media provider, wherein the identifying is based, at least in part, on information comprised in the one or more w…

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What does patent US8949176B2 cover?
A system and method may include monitoring communications between a user device, a website, and a behavioral tracking provider, capturing user information transmitted during the monitored communications, analyze the user information to determine one or more relationships between the user device, the websites, and the behavioral tracking provider, and outputting the one or more relationships to …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Swinton Jeffrey, Whitehead Steven, Bechtel Kay, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q30/00. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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