US 8,244,582 C1 (12,760th)
Method and stored program for accumulating descriptive profile data along with source information for use in targeting third-party advertisements
Roy Shkedi, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Roy Shkedi, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to ALMONDNET, INC., New York, NY (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,285, Sep. 27, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,244,582, issued Aug. 14, 2012, Appl. No. 13/115,949, May 25, 2011.
Application 12/186,918 is a division of application No. 11/099,861, filed on Apr. 6, 2005, granted, now 7,428,493.
Application 90/015,285 is a continuation of application No. 12/186,918, filed on Aug. 6, 2008, granted, now 7,979,307.
Application 11/099,861 is a continuation of application No. 09/593,993, filed on Jun. 14, 2000, granted, now 6,925,440.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Oct. 28, 2024.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01)]
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AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1 and 9 is confirmed.
Claims 2 and 12 are now disclaimed.
Claims 2-8 and 10-20 were not reexamined.
1. An automated method of collecting profiles of Internet-using entities, the method comprising:
(a) electronically receiving at a programmed computer system coupled to a global computer network, from at least one server controlled by one of a plurality of unaffiliated third parties, a partial profile of an entity that uses a user computer coupled to the global computer network and accessing a website, which partial profile is available to one of the third parties and contains at least one profile attribute related to the entity, and automatically with the computer system storing the received partial profile;
(b) wherein receiving the partial profile is achieved as a result of automatic electronic URL redirection from a portion of a page of the website accessed by the user computer;
(c) automatically with the computer system electronically adding the received partial profile to a maintained profile believed to be related to the same entity;
(d) automatically with the computer system generating and storing an electronic record of which of the plurality of unaffiliated third parties contributed to the maintained profile particular profile attributes;
(e) wherein the maintained profile, including the added partial profile, comprises data used in targeting third-party advertisements to the user computer over the global computer network.