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Method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized uniform locator
Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
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Filing: 1999-01-05
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2019-01-05
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus and method for implementing a personalized uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a network user is disclosed. The personalized URL apparatus and method comprises the steps of: 1) assigning a unique user identifier associated with the user information, and 2) creating a personalized URL using at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Inventors
- 👤 Rohit Chandra
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L61/00; H04L61/30; H04L61/3005; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/955; G06F16/9566; H04L61/3015; H04L61/3025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
81 words
A method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: registering a new user identifier into the repository of user information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: adding personal categories to the user information in the repository of user information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: adding auxiliary information to the user information in the repository of user information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: notifying the network user if the user entered user identifier is not unique in the repository of user information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: encrypting the user identifier.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: encrypting the personalized URL.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the unique user identifier is either automatically generated or specified by the network user.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least a portion of the user information is public information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user information in the repository of user information is updated with current user information by the network user using a corresponding user identifier.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the repository of user information is either incorporated into a web server or is accessible by a web server.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
95 words
An apparatus for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: an identifier associator for associating a unique user identifier with a network user; a repository updator for entering and modifying user information associated with the unique user identifier in the repository of user information; and a browser for retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
95 words
An apparatus for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: an identifier associator for associating a unique user identifier with a network user; a repository updator for entering and modifying user information associated with the unique user identifier in the repository of user information; and a browser for retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an identifier registrator for registering a new user identifier into the repository of user information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising a user notifier for notifying the network user if the user entered user identifier is not unique in the repository of user information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an encryptor for encrypting the user identifier and the personalized URL.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the unique user identifier is either automatically generated or specified by the network user.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the at least a portion of the user information is public information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the user information in the repository of user information is updated with current user information by the network user using a corresponding user identifier.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the repository of user information is either incorporated into a web server or is accessible by a web server.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an encoder for encoding the user identifier and the personalized URL.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name.
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