Patent ID: 7065550
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing information via a public network to a user, the method comprising the steps of: identifying the user; acquiring data from each site searched or visited by the user during each session of a plurality of sessions via the public network, said acquired data comprising content of each site searched or visited during each said session; for each said site searched or visited for each said session: specifying user profile attributes for the user; providing a mapping that associates each session attribute with a corresponding user profile attribute; for each user profile attribute: generating a user profile pertaining to the user, said user profile including one or more attribute records, each attribute record of said one or more attribute records comprising: a user profile attribute of said user profile attributes, the user profile weight associated with the user profile attribute, and the session weights associated with the user profile attribute; and providing information obtained via the network to said user based on said user profile.