CPC H04L 67/535 (2022.05) [G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0205 (2013.01)] | 1 Claim |
1. A method of determining a vendor-specific client ID comprising the steps of:
A. retrieving a finite amount of clickstream data from a computer server by using an internet web browser application on a host computer;
B. examining the clickstream data to determine if a vendor ID is present in the clickstream data, and if it is present, determining whether the vendor ID is specific to a website; and if the vendor ID is not specific to the website, obtaining a finite amount of recent activity data from the computer server and determining whether the vendor ID is present in the recent activity data to a second plurality of websites that are different from the website; and if a user ID is present in the second plurality of websites, then inserting the user ID into a data file; and
C. sending the data file from the host computer to the web analytics platform.
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