Patent ID: 8763032

Claim:
A method of distributing a personalized content object in a content distribution system including a plurality of terminals, a managing system for managing sessions and identities of users, an application server and a content server, the method comprising: sending a first message from a first terminal used by a first user to said application server, the first message being for requesting a content object; receiving, at said application server, said first message; requesting a first user profile associated with said first user on said first terminal from said application server to said managing system, the first user profile including a content object preference of the first user; forwarding said first message with the content object preference of the first user from said application server to said content server; distributing the content object from said content server to said first terminal, the content object being personalized for the first user based on the content object preference of the first user; sending a second message from said first terminal to said application server, the second message being for redirecting the content object to a second terminal; receiving, at said application server, said second message; requesting a second user profile associated with said second user on said second terminal from said application server to said managing system, the second user profile including a content object preference of a second user who uses said second terminal; forwarding said second message with the content object preference of the second user from said application server to said content server; and redirecting distribution of the content object from said content server to said second terminal, the redirected content object being personalized for the second user based on the content object preference of the second user.