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|May 20, 2003
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|Oct 27, 1999
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|Oct 28, 1998
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|Gregg Freishtat, Palaniswamy Rajan
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|Yodlee, Inc.
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This application claims the benefit, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. �119(e), of applicants' provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/105,917, filed Oct. 28, 1998, entitled "Apparatus and Method for Automated Aggregation and Delivery of and Transactions Involving Electronic Personal Information or Data" and of applicants' provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/134,395, filed May 17, 1999, entitled "Apparatus and Method for Automated Aggregation and Delivery of and Transactions Involving Electronic Personal Information or Data".
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to a system and method for determining revenue derived from interactions involving personal information. The invention more particularly relates to the determination of revenue derived from an intermediary based on interactions involving personal information associated with end users aggregated from one or more personal information providers.
2. Description of Related Art
Looking back over the last five years, it is apparent that as the Internet gained momentum, consumers demanded applications or services that make their online experience simpler, easier to use, and more satisfying. The development of successful Internet Sites has corresponded with a number of themes which have developed over the last few years. When carefully analyzed this evolution is a logical development of the emerging digital economy.
Prior to 1994, the Internet was not a mass media, in part, because the existing technologies (FTP, Archie, Usenet, and Gopher) were not user friendly and required the end user to do all of the work (e.g., the end user had to learn of an existing data source, find the address, navigate to the destination, and download the information). As m consumers began accessing the Internet, Search Engines were created to solve this usability issue. With the advent of the commercial Search Engine, additional content could be easily added to the Internet and the end user had a means of finding and accessing this information. Consumers required better tools than Search Engines for organizing and accessing this wealth of generic content. Push technologies were explored, and eventually, the portal strategy was successfully adopted as an efficient way for consumers to easily access a variety of content sources in a single, easy to use format. As the volume of available online content continues to grow exponentially, portals are now confronted with the need to make different types of content available to different consumers based upon their particular preferences and tastes.
The phenomenal success of Internet portals and destination sites has demonstrated the importance of creatively and intelligently aggregating, organizing and presenting the mass of information available on the Web. Search engines, portals and destination sites have Internet strategies based on the frequency, duration and quality of end user visits to their sites. For this reason, destination sites and portals are constantly seeking content and/or technologies which drive quality traffic to their site and keep it there. Recent trends indicate that Internet users are up to 25 times more likely to come back to a site when this information is organized according to personal preferences.
FIG. 1 displays the current process of acquiring online PI 100. The end user first selects an information provider site in step 110. The end user proceeds to step 120 by locating and entering the Internet address of the selected information provider. This step may be accomplished in several manners with varying levels of complexity. A simple means for accomplishing this step is the utilization of a bookmark or favorite whereas locating an information provider for the first time might involve significant time and effort performing online searches. In step 130, the end users logs into the selected information provider's Web site utilizing the site's specific logon protocol. This protocol usually involves verifying the identity of the end user using a user name and password or other means of verification, acquiring the verification data from cookies residing on the end user's system or a combination of requested data and cookie data. The end user continues in step 140 by navigating through Web pages on the information provider's Web site until the desired information is located. During this process, the end user is often required to visit Web pages of little or no use to the end user whose goals is to simply acquire the particular PI residing on the Web site. Ultimately in step 150, the end user is presented with the desired PI. The entire process 100 is repeated for each individual piece of PI desired by the end user. Under this PI access model, the end user must visit each separate information provider, track potentially different identity verification data for each, utilize a different user interface at each site and possibly wade through a significant number of filler Web pages.
FIG. 4 pictorial illustrates the architecture of this current access process. The end user 210 utilizes the client computer 220 to access each PI Web site 250 across the Internet 230. This current model suffers from several significant deficiencies. The end user must login to each site separately. Each separate site has its own graphical user interface. Each site wants the end user to stay and return; each visited site wants to retain end user focus for as long as possible. No true aggregation of PI exists; multiple accesses simply allow sequential access to particular pieces of PI.
One partial solution to these problems has recently evolved in the form of portal sites. Generic portal sites aggregate resources into categories and provide links to sites covering topics within those categories. Yahoo and Excite are examples of generic portal sites. These sites facilitate horizontal aggregation of generic content; horizontal aggregation refers to aggregation of PI access within a particular information provider category such as banks or utility companies. Some portal site allows individual end users a limited capability to select and configure disparate generic PI. Generic PI refers to PI of interest to the particular end user that does not require specific identity verification to obtain. For example, an end user might be interested in the weather forecast for his local area. This information could be integrated into a portal page without requiring identity verification of the particular end user receiving this PI. The individualized portal page provides a significant benefit to users seeking to aggregate generic PI. However, current portal pages do not generally provide PI requiring identity verification such as an end user's stock portfolio or bank balance. Further, these pages do not facilitate transactions utilizing PI.
Under current technology, aggregating PI available over the Internet requires a significant burden in terms of time, effort and learning curve. An end user wishing to access his PI needs to individually visit a variety of information provider sites each with its own requirements, graphical user interface and login protocol.
In the present invention, a host computer monitors interactions between end users and personal information providers via an intermediary computer. Interactions will generally fall into two categories: requests for delivery of personal information and requests for transactions involving personal information. The host computer communicates with a personal information store for storing personal information associated with end users and an accounting store for storing accounting data associated with the intermediary computer. The host computer includes a processor.
The host computer processor receives requests concerning personal information associated with an end user from the intermediary computer and services the request based on personal information associated with the end user in the personal information store. The host computer processor updates the accounting data associated with the intermediary computer. The host computer processor may update the accounting data in a variety of ways. First, the host computer processor may increment a user count for each new user of the intermediary computer over a selected period of time. Next, the host computer processor may count the interactions performed through the intermediary computer. Third, the host computer processor may, where the service request is a request to perform a transaction, increment a commission total an amount based on the serviced request. Finally, the host computer processor may use any combination of these ways to update the accounting data associated with the intermediary computer.
The host computer processor generates invoices to the intermediary computer based on the updated accounting data. The host computer processor may generate such invoices on a periodic basis. In a further embodiment, the host computer processor may deliver the generated invoices to a selected destination such as an electronic mail destination, a print device, a Web page residing on a Web server, an Internet client, a telephone, and a facsimile.
In yet another embodiment, the intermediary computer has an account associated with it. The host computer processor may debit this account prior to generating an invoice so that the generated invoice only reflects additional revenue beyond the amount indicated by the intermediary computer account. The amount debited may be based upon the updated accounting data associated with the intermediary computer using any of the aforementioned update types.
The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent when reference is made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a process diagram of the current process that end users perform to access Internet available PI.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the components that could be used to implement present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the components of the PI engine.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of the current PI access architecture.
FIG. 5 is a diagram of an architecture supporting PI access utilizing an intermediary Web site.
FIG. 6 is a diagram of the cookie/client cache architecture.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for accessing pages underlying particular PI via the traditional process of FIG. 1 and via springboard technology.
FIG. 8 depicts the integration model for the dynamic generation of HTML pages.
FIG. 9 displays the run-time process for dynamic generation of HTML page.
FIG. 10 illustrates a process for automated applet interaction utilizing a modified Java virtual machine.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart exemplifying an intermediary Web site transaction structure.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
In no time, end users will have to log into a large number of different Web Sites, each with separate passwords, security, rules, software and "look and feel"—just to get the information currently obtained by checking one place—the mailbox at the end of the driveway. The Internet will fundamentally change the way in which end users will access Personal Information (PI) and will make e-commerce as familiar as using an ATM. "Personal Information" is all of the data that companies, information providers, have that is specific or unique to each person such as monthly bills, bank account balances, investments information, health care benefits, email, voice and fax messages, 401(k) holdings or potentially any other information pertinent to a particular end user.
The present invention alleviates several of the problems with the current PI acquisition methods by automatically aggregating PI, not only generic PI as aggregated by portals but also PI specific to the end user requiring identity verification for access. In one embodiment, the invention automates the PI acquisition and delivery process. FIG. 2 provides a block diagram of components that could be used to implement the present invention. The end user 210 accesses a client computer 220 running client software 270 which in a particular embodiment could be a general Web browser such as Navigator or Communicator (Netscape). The client computer 220 utilizes the Internet 230 to access a PI engine 240 running on a PI host 290. The PI engine 240 examines stored PI 280 for freshness. Any stale PI items are refreshed by directly reacquiring the PI from the particular information provider's Web site 250 running on the provider's computer system 260 accessed across the Internet 230. The PI engine 240 stores the fresh PI in its store 280 and delivers the PI to a selected destination, in this instance across the Internet 230 to the client computer 220 which displays the information to the end user 210 using the client software 270. The PI engine 240 refreshes all stale PI in a like manner prior to forwarding the aggregated PI to both the store 280 and the delivery destination, the client computer 220 in this instance. The PI engine 240 may refresh the PI sequentially or in parallel. For example, the end user's checking account balance would be updated through his bank's Web site, his email from his particular email site, his portfolio information from his broker's site and his electricity bill from his electricity company's site.
FIG. 3 displays a block diagram of the components of the PI engine 240. The PI engine 240 is composed of both storage and processing components. The three primary storage components are the PI store 280, the PI Provider store 310 and the user store 360. The first storage component of the PI engine 240 is the PI store 280. The PI store 280 contains each individual's PI record 375; the PI associated with a particular end user is segregated from the PI of all other end users. The PI engine also utilizes a provider store 310 that maintains general parameters associated with particular PI providers. The general parameters of a PI provider define the types of verification data necessary and the procedures to be followed to gain access to the particular PI provider. Each PI provider record also contains the types of PI provided by the PI provider and the types of transactions supported by the provider. Along with the type of PI or transaction, the record also contains the additional types of data and procedures necessary to access the PI or execute the transaction. A user store 360 is also necessary to maintain configuration and verification information concerning particular end users. For each end user, the user selected PI providers, PI and transactions are registered along with the verification data necessary to acquire the PI or execute the transaction from the PI provider.
The PI store 280 may be implemented in a variety of ways. Referring to FIG. 2, the PI store 280 may comprise a database residing on the PI Host 290. Under this approach, the PI for each individual end user 210 is stored as a separate record or object 375 in the database. In yet another embodiment, the PI for each end user 210 could be stored in a separate file 375, thus performing the task of segregating PI of different users at the file level.
In addition, or as an alternative, the PI associated with each end user 210 may reside on his/her client computer 220 using cookie technology as specified in D. Kristol and L. Montulli, "HTTP State Management Mechanism", Request For Comments (RFC) 2109, February, 1997 (available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt), which is expressly incorporated herein in its entirety. The PI associate with the end user 210 would be stored as PI cookies 375. This implementation mechanism provides inherent support for segregating PI associated with one end user 375 from PI associated with all other end users. Utilizing this method as a substitute for a centralized store provides a layer of security against unauthorized access. As a further measure, PI data stored in cookies could be stored in an encrypted format.
FIG. 6 provides a diagram of a typical implementation of the PI store 280 using cookie technology; references in the foregoing description are also made to FIG. 3 with respect to the internal workings of the PI engine 240. When an attempt is made to access PI by an end user 210 directly, or through an intermediary Web server, the PI access/transact component 340 of the PI engine 240 would retrieve stored PI 375 from the PI store 280. Under this approach, this stored PI 375 would be received directly from cookies sent by the client computer 220 of the end user 210. The PI access/transact component 340 would perform any decryption if necessary. Any updates required would be obtained by direct access of PI providers 250. The PI deliver component 350 would provide the mechanism for both updating the PI store 280 as well as transmitting the requested PI to the end user 210, directly or through an intermediary Web site. The PI deliver component 350 would place the updated PI in the PI store 280 by replacing the outdated PI cookies 375 stored on the client computer 220. The PI deliver component 350 would also handle any encryption if necessary. The PI deliver component 350 would also be responsible for transmitting requested PI. In a preferred embodiment, the PI store 280 would be implemented using this cookie-based architecture.
The user store 360 may be implemented in a variety of ways. Referring to FIG. 2, the user store 360 may comprise a database residing on the PI Host 290. Under this approach, the personal configuration data for each individual end user 210 is stored as a separate record or object in the database. In addition, or as an alternative, the end user data could be distributed in a manner similar to the cookie/cache architecture describe above with respect to the PI store 280.
In a preferred embodiment, the user store 360 could be implemented through personal information configuration (PIC) files. PIC files store a personal profile such as name, address, and social security number in secure, encrypted fashion for each end user. PIC files facilitate automatic registration of end users with information Providers via the end user configuration component 330. This component will read the PIC file and, using retrieved personal information, pre-populate registration templates for selected Providers. Then, it will prompt the user to enter required information that is missing from profile, if necessary. If the information is complete, the registration is automatically completed. Next, the end user configure component 330 completes any Provider registration forms, gets responses and updates the end user's PIC.
The end user configure component 330 allows an end user to select and configure PI and transactions of interest to the specific user. This configuration information is maintained in the user store 360. When an end user initially subscribes to the system according to the present invention, the system allows the user to select the types and sources of PI and/or transactions desired. First, the system requests permission from the end user to act on his behalf to obtain any selected PI and to execute any authorized transactions. Next, the system provides the user with a list of known information suppliers and the types of PI supplied from and transactions supported by the particular PI provider from the Provider store 320. The system requests the verification data necessary for accessing each selected PI provider and the additional data required by the particular PIs and/or transactions desired from that PI provider. Assuming the end user is already a registered user with the selected PI provider or the particular PI provider does not require prior registration, the data supplied by the end user is placed in the user store 360.
One method of obtaining any cookie data would be for the end user to access each previously accessed PI utilizing the PI engine 240 as a proxy server. The PI engine 240 would pass the cookie data to the PI provider site with the appropriate Web page requests to obtain the PI or execute the transaction and with the end user's permission retain a copy of the cookie data in the his record in the user store 360. An alternate means of obtaining the cookie data would be a direct upload of the cookie information from the end user's computer. In a preferred embodiment, no cookie data is necessary where a user is already registered with a provider. All that is necessary is the verification data for login.
With reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a modification of the Java virtual machine (VM) could allow for automated interaction between the various functional components of the PI Engine 240 and Java applet available through provider Web servers 250. Templates for interacting with particular applets could reside in the Provider store 310. The specific input data utilized by such templates could be stored in the User store 360. When a functional component such as the end user configure 330 or the access/transact 340 components requires automated communication with a Java applet on a provider Web server 250, the modified Java VM would facilitate this interaction.
FIG. 10 illustrates one process utilizing such a modified Java VM to achieve such automated interaction. The functional component requiring interaction identifies the provider and the particular applet on that provider with which the component needs to interact in step 1010. In step 1020, the component accesses the necessary template for interacting with the applet from the Provider store 310. Proceeding to step 1030, the component accesses the User store 360 to obtain the data required by the template. The modified Java VM interprets the applet in step 1040 and, rather than requiring interactive input from a user as in a normal Java applet execution, awaits input from or output to the interacting functional component of the PI engine. In step 1050, the functional component supplies input data to the modified Java VM according to the accessed template and retrieved data and receives output data according to the accessed template. Steps 1040 and 1050 repeat so long as additional input to or output from the applet continues. Upon termination of the applet, the functional component continues with its own processing in step 1060.
A successful registration could result in displaying the registration information to the end user for future reference. Further, the end user configure component 330 stores the requisite access verification data for the PI provider and the additional data required to access the selected PI or transaction in the user store 360.
In a preferred embodiment of such automated registration, any necessary cookie data would be accepted and stored as needed by the end user configure component 330. In many cases, cookie data is session specific and, therefore, of little long term utility. Cookies generated during the registration process are used solely during the registration process then discarded once registration is complete.
A failed registration could result from several situations. First, the end user attempting to register with the PI provider does not qualify for registration; for example, an end user attempting to register with a bank with whom the end user does not maintain an account and where the bank only allows access to account holders. Next, the end user may have supplied improper or incorrect information. For example, a bank registration process might require a social security number, a password, a bank account number and the maiden name of the end user's mother; if the user entered an incorrect social security number, the registration process would fail. Finally, the PI provider may have altered the registration procedure for its Web site. In this situation, following the process supplied from the Provider store 320 would yield a failed registration. In the instance of any registration failure, the end user could be presented with the data initially supplied to the system for registration. The system could then ask the end user to double check the correctness of the information provided and to correct and resubmit the data if an error is found. A second failure resulting from the submission of identical requisite data might generate an error message presented to the end user stating that either the end user is ineligible to access the selected PI from the selected PI provider or that alteration by the PI provider may have caused an error in registration. This second failure could also trigger a warning suggesting the need to potentially reconfigure the record for the PI provider in the Provider store 320.
Ultimately, the user store 360 would contain a record for each end user. This record as previous described could be a database entry, one or more cookies or a file such as a PIC file. Each record would identify the selected PI providers along with the general access verification data needed and also under each PI provider would be a list of PI supplied and transactions supported by the particular PI provider of interest to the end user along with the additional data, if any, necessary to access that PI or execute that transaction. Specifically, duplicative information such as an end user's name would be centrally stored in the record once.
The end user configure component 330 also allows the end user to select one or more delivery destinations. One destination might be the end user's computer as exemplified by the client computer 220 running client software 270 in FIG. 2; however, a computer is not the only destination contemplated by the present invention. The destination for PI delivery could include facsimile, electronic mail, telephone, conventional mail, pager, other wireless device such as a Palm Pilot (3 Com), Web page or channel, Web browser or other delivery mechanism. The present invention also contemplates indirect access of PI by the end user utilizing a Web site as an intermediary; however, such indirect access would not require the end user to specify a delivery destination unless additional delivery options were desired.
Further, access to the end user configure component 330 may occur through direct access to the PI engine via the Internet as contemplated by the client computer 220 running client software 270 in FIG. 2; however, alternative methods of access are equally feasible. For example, the user might indirectly access the PI engine through the use of an intermediary Web site. A telephone interface to allow access to the end user configure component is another alternative.
With reference to FIG. 3, the PI access/transact component 340 supports the update, acquisition and transaction functionality of the PI engine 240. The PI access/transact component 340 is responsible for accessing and storing user PI and executing transactions authorized by the end user. When access or update is needed for a selected end user, the PI access/transact component 340 combines information from the Provider store 320 and the user store 360 to update end user PI in the PI store 280. For each piece of PI requiring access or update, the PI access/transact component 340 looks up the access procedure and information needed for the particular PI in the Provider store 320. The verification and access data is found in the user store 360. The PI access/transact component 340 utilizes this information to connect to the PI provider's Web site across the Internet and to access the PI. Where multiple pieces of PI require updating or access, the accesses may occur in series or parallel.
Requested transactions would be similarly supported. For each transaction, the PI access/transact component 340 combines information from the Provider store 320 and the user store 360 to perform the requested transaction. The PI access/transact component 340 looks up the transaction procedure and information needed for the particular transaction in the Provider store 320. The verification and access data is found in the user store 360. The PI access/transact component 340 utilizes this information to perform the transaction across the Internet from the PI provider's Web site
A simulated Web client could perform access or transaction processes automatically supplying access and verification data as necessary. The manner in which such a simulated client access PI or execute transactions depends significantly upon the interaction method used on the PI provider Web site. If the Web site uses HTML forms and common gateway interface (CGI) applications, the PI access/transact component 340 can formulate a uniform resource locator (URL) to replicate the effect of actual form usage and submit this URL to the simulated Web client. The use of a URL to mimic an HTML form is equivalent to manually entering the data into the Web <FORM> element. See Kerven, Foust, Zakour, HTML 3.2 Plus How-To, Waite Group Press, 1997, pp. 559-569. If the Web site uses a mixture of HTML forms and Javascript functions, a simulated Web client with a modified Javascript interpreter could effectively access the PI or perform the transaction by following the PI access/transact process for the particular PI or transaction respectively. The access or transaction process to follow would be obtained from the record of the particular PI or transaction in the Provider store 320. The Javascript interpreter in the simulated Web client would follow this procedure and supply the data found in the user store 360. A similar process could be used if the PI provider Web site utilizes a Java applet. A Web client with a modified Java bytecode interpreter could effectively access PI or perform transactions by following process stored for the particular PI or transaction in the Provider store 320. The bytecode interpreter would supply the data from the user store 360 rather than requiring interactive input from the end user. If the PI provider Web site utilizes a combination of forms, scripts and applets, the individual procedures above could be used in combination to accomplish the desired access.
In a preferred embodiment of such automated accesses or transactions, any necessary cookie data would be accepted and stored as needed by the PI access/transact component 340. In many cases, cookie data is session specific and, therefore, of little long term utility. Cookies generated are used solely during these functions then discarded once the mining or transaction operation is complete.
In order to provide personal information to an end-user quickly after login, it is necessary for the PI access/transact component 340 to select an end user for data harvesting prior to the login of the end user. One approach to this solution is to update all of an end user's PI whenever the end user, directly or through an intermediary Web site, requests access to his/her PI. Another approach would be to update all of an end user's PI supplied by a particular provider whenever PI from that supplier is requested. Thus, the act of logging into the system by an end user effectively selects that end user for immediate PI update. However, this approach may result in the inefficient use of the PI Engine 240 resources.
Given the large number of potential users and providers, and the goal of providing the freshest data possible, another embodiment includes an algorithm developed to optimize the schedule in which end users are selected for data harvesting from a provider. This algorithm factors in the provider's update policy, the user's login habits, and the user-provider account characteristics. The proper application of the algorithm should ensure that PI is harvested as infrequently as possible for a given user, thus minimizing system resource consumption.
If the next provider update time and the next expected user login can be accurately predicted, a model can be created that will allow for smarter harvesting. Rather than harvesting data for all users of a provider at once when the provider updates its site, the harvesting can be spread out over time based on expected login times of users and network activity profiles. For example, if Provider A updates its site on Friday night and a large number of users of that provider are not expected to login again until Monday morning, the harvesting load can be distributed across multiple days. This has the advantage of minimizing both the peak loading of the PI Engine 240 as well as consumption of the provider's bandwidth by the PI Engine 240. To gain this optimization, the PI Engine 240 must maintain and refine models of each provider and user. Such data can be maintained in the provider store 310 and the user store 360 respectively.
Each time a user utilizes the PI Engine 240, the time and date may be captured. Once a sufficient number of login times are accumulated, they may be analyzed with respect to day of month, day of week, and time of day. These are used in a model to predict the next expected user login. The model is then tested and refined with subsequent logins until a measurable degree of confidence is established. Once high confidence is determined, the user model is incorporated into the adaptive harvesting scheduler. Until a high confidence level is reached for a particular end user one of the aforementioned harvesting approaches may be used.
Each provider updates its site based on policy driven by their unique resources and business model. For any adaptive scheduler to work, the policy for each provider must be modeled. In some cases, the policy is self-evident. In others, it must be determined empirically. A provider's policy will most likely fall into one of the following categories:
Type I. Updated periodically for all users
Type II. Updated periodically relative to each user
Type III. Updated in a pseudo-random manner
The following three approaches may be used based upon provider type.
Type I Provider Policy Scheduling Algorithm
1. Assume users with a "no confidence" model have an immediate login time.
2. Order the users chronologically based on their predicted login time.
3. Shift the expected login time for all users back one hour.
4. Perform a density curve fit along temporal boundaries to get a polynomial function that can be used to determine the number of user accounts to harvest for a given epoch.
5. Perform an integral matching algorithm with the inverse of the network activity curve for the time period in question to adjust the distribution curve.
6. If possible, re-distribute peak harvesting time toward time zero to flatten the distribution curve.
7. Assign harvesting times to the sorted users according to the distribution curve.
8. Monitor time and harvest the user account when appropriate.
Type II Provider Policy Scheduling Algorithm
For each provider that falls into this category, an attribute of the user must be identified that determines when the personal information is updated. In some cases, the user may need to be queried for the information. In others, it can be determined from the harvested information. If the attribute cannot be established for a user via either of these means, the provider site may be monitored daily for changes in personal information until a pattern is established.
Since there is a natural, even distribution of accounts updated by a provider for a given day, a user's account can be harvested an hour before his expected login time. As in the Type I algorithm, users with a "no confidence" model should be immediately harvested.
Type III Provider Policy Scheduling Algorithm
This type of policy is the most difficult of all. Since the provider updates a user's account in a non-deterministic manner, a decision must be made for each provider as to the criticality of the information relative to the user. For those highly critical providers, each user account should be harvested daily, perhaps even more frequently. For those less critical providers, user accounts should be harvested less frequently and possible when overall system activity is low.
The PI deliver component 350 is responsible for formatting and delivering the PI to the end user. Usually delivery will only occur subsequent to updating all stale PI. The PI will be delivered to one or more destinations (e.g. facsimile, telephone, pager, Web browser, e-mail, etc.) as specified in the user store 360 except where the PI is accessed via an intermediary Web site. Where the destination is not an intermediary Web site, the PI deliver component 350 performs all formatting necessary to deliver the PI to the appropriate destinations. For example, where the destination is a Web browser, the PI would be formatted as an HTML document, or where the destination is a telephone, the PI would be submitted for voice synthesis and transmission.
In the case of an intermediary Web site, the PI is delivered in a format configurable by the intermediary Web site. FIG. 5 pictorial illustrates a possible embodiment of the current invention utilizing an intermediary Web site. An end user 210 utilizes a client computer 220 to access an intermediary Web site 510 across the Internet 230. The end user 210 logs into the intermediary Web site 510. The intermediary Web site 510 contacts the PI engine 240 across the Internet 230 and directly receives the end user's PI updated as required from the PI provider Web sites 250. The intermediary Web site 510 receives the PI, incorporates it into pages according to its particular formatting style and graphical user interface and delivers these pages to the end user 210. The use of the PI engine 240 is transparent to the end user 210. Further, an intermediary Web site 510 serving aggregate PI to an end user 210 may, and most likely will, simultaneously serve as a PI provider.
In another embodiment, this formatting occurs via a dynamic HTML generation system combining stylistic and layout information from a variety of sources. The PI deliver component 350 generates custom HTML pages dynamically. These pages are customized based on a number of stylistic factors (such as background color, foreground color, font size, color and style, page layout, etc.) from a variety of sources and content from a variety of sources. Information providers, distributors, the end user, the PI deliver component 350 or any combination of these sources, or other relevant sources, may provide customization factors used in the page generation. Finally, each HTML page must be filled in with data. The data used in such pages may originate from such sources as information providers, distributors, the end user, the PI deliver component 350 or any combination of these sources, or other relevant sources. The required solution is a system representing a generic algorithm for performing such HTML generation at run-time. The style and content may be provided in any suitable format such as the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), as specified by W3C in http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl/, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and/or the Extensible Markup Language (XML) as specified by W3C in http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, or other suitable formatting standard. The key requirements for such a system are complete encapsulation of the problem domain and run-time efficiency.
In preferred embodiments, the solution is based on the following basic model as depicted in FIG. 8:
1. Six sets of customization factors are identified: distributor content 810, provider content 820, distributor style specification 830, provider style specification 840, user-specific content 850 and user-specific style 860.
2. Each set of customization factors 810-860 is considered a separate, independent and required input to the run-time system 870 that performs dynamic page generation.
3. Each input 810-860 will be in form of an XML stream.
4. Output 880 will be in form of an HTML stream.
5. The dynamic page generation system 870 will produce valid output 880 for each set of six valid inputs 810-860.
FIG. 9 illustrates an actual run-time sequence of input processing by such a system 870:
1. Distributor content 810 is combined with provider content 820 and with userspecific content 850 to produce a complete content specification 930 by the content merger unit 910.
2. Distributor style 830 is combined with provider style 840 and with user-specific style 860 to produce a complete style specification 940 by the style merger unit 920.
3. The style specification 940 is applied by the style applicator 950 to content specification 930 in order to produce the resulting page 880.
In order to completely encapsulate the problem domain, the following requirements must be placed on the system 870:
1. Each XML input 810-860 is a valid XML stream.
2. All content specifications 810, 820 and 850 are valid with respect to the same Document Type Definition.
3. All style specifications 830, 840 and 860 are valid with respect to the same Document Type Definition (such as the XSL DTD standard).
4. The merging units 910 and 920 whose task is to take two or more XML streams and produce a combined XML output must be able to produce such output for any set of valid XML inputs.
Another method of performing this task would be to format PI as HTML elements with predefined CLASS attributes. The intermediary Web site receiving these elements could dynamically include them in page forwarded to the end user of the PI. The pages incorporating such elements could include different style information associated with the predefined CLASS set. Level 1 cascading style sheet convention could be used to implement such configurability. See Kerven, Foust, Zakour, HTML 3.2 Plus How-To, Waite Group Press, 1997, pp. 651-693; Walsh, "An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets," World Wide Web Journal, Winter 1997, pp. 147-156. This option requires minimal programmatic support by the intermediary Web site but restricts to some degree the intermediary Web sites flexibility in presenting the PI to the end user.
Alternatively, an intermediary Web site could develop an application utilizing a standardized application programming interface (API) to directly access the PI data. In this instance, the PI deliver component 350 could either be bypassed or potentially used as the component responsible for servicing API requests for data. Under this model, the intermediary Web site would be responsible for all formatting decisions with respect to the raw PI data. This implementation option requires additional programmatic support by the intermediary Web site but allows for greater flexibility in the use of the raw PI.
The ability to utilize an intermediate Web site to deliver PI is of significant utility. This capability allows an end user already familiar with an existing PI provider to access not only the PI associated with the particular PI provider but also all PI from other PI providers in the comfort of a familiar user interface, namely the existing PI provider Web site. In this situation, the request for PI would directly originate with the intermediary PI provider Web site and indirectly from the end user. Security measures would restrict access to authorized intermediate Web site access. These measure might include verification of the end user and the intermediate Web site. Further, verification of the association between the end user and the particular intermediate Web site might also be required for additional security.
In addition, the use of an intermediary Web site also supports a novel transaction model. In this transaction model, the intermediary site subsidizes, or fully compensates, the PI engine administrator for services provided to the end user. These transactions are facilitated via the auditing and tracking capabilities of the PI engine. These capabilities allow the calculation of per user fees, per transaction fees, per access fees or some combination thereof to be assessed. The assessed values could be directly charged to the intermediary Web site. Alternatively, such values could be debited from a minimum monthly fee charged to the intermediary Web site with any fees beyond the minimum charged directly to the intermediary Web site.
FIG. 11 depicts a flowchart of a typical process according to the described model. The intermediary Web site pays a minimum monthly fee in step 1110. In step 1120, the PI engine audits and tracks end user usage via the intermediary Web site. The audited usage is used to assess a fee on a per user, per access, per transaction or combination basis. In step 1130, this audited amount is debited from the fee paid in step 1110. In step 1140, the intermediary Web site is charged for any fees in excess of the minimum fee paid.
Often an end user may require access to the underlying Web page generated by the provider of a particular piece of PI. The delivery component may deliver not only the PI but also an access point directly to the provider's page supplying that PI. The access point may take the form of a link, a form button or some other interactive access mechanism.
Such an access point significantly improves the efficiency of accessing the underlying page by the end user as exhibited by FIG. 7. In the traditional process 100 for accessing PI, the end user must proceed through numerous intermediary pages requiring a variety of often tedious interactions before reaching the desired page.
The end user must first identify the Provider 110. Next, the end user must locate the Provider's Web address 120. Then, the user the requests the Provider's login page 130. If the end user does not remember the requisite information, this information must be found, or the desired information will remain inaccessible via the Web. The end user then navigates the Provider's Web site 140. This often entails visiting the Provider's main page 710 followed by viewing a variety of intermediate pages on the Provider's site 720. The end user may have to backtrack several times to the main page 710 or accidentally leave the system entirely forcing a second login 140 before finally locating the desired information 150.
Utilizing springboard technology, the entire process 750 is streamlined into the single click of an access point. The delivery component of the PI Engine delivers an access point to the Provider's underlying page along with the PI. As a consequence, the end user need only perform a single interaction with the PI presentation page 760. This interaction immediately performs the requisite interactions with the Provider's Web site to bring the user to the desired underlying Web page 150.
In one embodiment, this springboard technology could be implemented utilizing a Java applet. With respect to FIG. 2, the applet would be downloaded from the PI Host 290 by the end user's client software 270, usually a Web browser, and executed locally by the end user's computer 220. The applet would drive the client software 270 to the desired page. Such an applet could retrieve procedures and data for driving the client software from the Provider store 310 and the User store 360.
In a further embodiment, the PI engine 240 could act as a proxy server directly accessing the Provider store 310 and the User store 360 as required. When the PI engine 240 receives the request to jump to the source of a particular piece of PI, the engine performs the necessary actions to navigate to the desire page and forwards the desired page to the end user's computer 220. Further interactions with the page might require additional proxying by the PI engine 240 as accumulated cookie data may reside on the PI Host 290. This embodiment is limited to use in handling standard HTTP traffic rather than secure HTTP traffic.
In a preferred embodiment, the springboard provides the end user with automated login into the PI Provider site 250 and allows the end user 210 to navigate via the client software 270. This automated login could be accomplished through the utilization of a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) redirect. Upon receiving the a springboard access request from the end user 210 via the client software 270, the PI Host 290 requests the login page from the PI Provider site 250 targeted by the springboard access. The PI engine 240 running on the PI Host 290 receives this login page and constructs a login request by accessing the proper data in the Provider store 310 and the User store 360. The login request is embedded in the HTTP redirect which is forward to the client software 270. The client software 270 is redirected to the targeted PI Provider site 250, and the end user 210 is automatically logged into this site.
Alternatively, this functionality could be implemented via a Java applet as described above. In addition, the PI engine 240 could generate a Javascript page containing the pertinent login request rather than an HTTP redirect. The Javascript page could be returned to the client software 270. This page would then be executed by the client software 270 to accomplish the automated login.
The PI engine 240 of FIG. 3 may also include a site monitor 370 processing component. This component would systematically monitor supported PI provider Web sites for changes. This component enhances the ability of the system to identify alterations in PI provider Web site procedures, data requirements and cookies requirements. This component increases system efficiency by supplementing or supplanting alteration identification via feedback from the PI access/transact component 340.
A further embodiment of the present invention might support the localize manipulation of PI. This could be accomplished where the client software 270 running on the client computer 220 in FIG. 2 is a specialized Web client rather than a general Web client such as Netscape. This specialized client might utilize Web channel technology to automate the local PI download and update processes. Where the PI store is implemented via the aforementioned cookie architecture, this specialized client may provide direct local access to stored PI.
In another embodiment, the PI engine 240 of FIG. 3 might support both system supported PI providers as well as PI providers specific to particular end users. In this embodiment, an end user is not limited to PI available from PI providers present in the Provider store 310. For an end user to add PI provided by a non-supported PI provider, the end user would access the Baseline configure component 320 and create a configuration for the non-supported PI provider. The PI provider and PI configuration along with the verification and access data would be stored along with the user's record in the user store 360.
A further embodiment of the present invention supports the inclusion of PI transaction procedures and access requirements in the Provider store 310 of FIG. 3. The end user specific information necessary to realize such a transaction would reside with the user record in the user store 360. The functionality of the PI access/transact component 340 would expand to support the performance of transactions. This additional functionality could be supported in a manner similar to the procedure described above with respect to performance of access utilizing a simulated Web client. A further feature of this embodiment would include automated or semi-automated account management by providing trigger events to automatically initiate a transaction.
For instance, with reference to FIG. 2 an end user 210 would be able to maintain his/her accounts online through the PI Engine 240. If an information provider has the capability of receiving payments online, the PI Engine 240 could support complete or partial automation of such transactions. If there is a billing due date for a certain information provider, PI Engine 240 could flag that information and send email to the end user 210 notifying him/her of the bill due. Thus, the user will not have to check each of his/her providers individually for due date information. The PI Engine 240 could also automated payments on a limited range of billing amount for providers who allow payments over their Web servers 260, then send an email to the user with the notification of payment.
Due date acquisition could be accomplished utilizing the PI access/transact component 340 seen in FIG. 3. The due date information would be available to the end user via any delivery means supported by the PI deliver component 350. The PI access/transact component 340 would use standard e-commerce bill-paying methods to pay the user's bill/s to the provider if he/she chooses. Once the bill is paid, then an email notification will be sent to the user with the provider information and payment information. The user can specify the range of amount stored in the user store 360 that will be paid automatically. If the bill exceeds the amount specified by the user, then PI engine will simply send out an email notification to the user instead of paying the bill automatically.
The embodiments described above are given as illustrative examples only. It will be readily appreciated that many deviations may be made from the specific embodiment disclosed in this specification without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be determined by the claims below rather than being limited to the specifically described embodiments above.
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|Personalized User Model
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|Mar 24, 2015
|Linkedin Corporation
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|Mar 24, 2015
|Adobe Systems Incorporated
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|Method and apparatus for managing transactions
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|May 3, 2002
|Jan 16, 2003
|Fu-Tak Dao
|Analytically determining revenue of internet companies using internet metrics
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|Feb 6, 2003
|International Business Machines Corporation
|User control of electronic personal information while browsing the Web
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|Feb 20, 2003
|Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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|Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.
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|Sokolic Jeremy N.
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|Aug 14, 2003
|Hewlett Packard Company
|Apparatus and method for selling personal information
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|Dec 25, 2003
|Amir Sunderji
|Method and apparatus for managing a financial transaction system
|Jul 12, 2002
|Jan 15, 2004
|Microsoft Corporation
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|Feb 12, 2004
|Ling Marvin T.
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|Cashedge, Inc.
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|Sokolic Jeremy N
|Multiple trust modes for handling data
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|Jan 17, 2008
|Jeremy Sokolic
|Funds transfer method and system including payment enabled invoices
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|Cashedge, Inc.
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|Streetspace, Inc.
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|Feb 26, 2009
|Brody Edward
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|Jul 16, 2009
|Paul Lappas
|System and Method for Billing for Hosted Services
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|Brody Edward
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|Cashedge, Inc.
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|Checkfree Corporation
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|Cashedge, Inc.
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|Apr 8, 2010
|Byallaccounts, Inc.
|Financial portfolio management system and method
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|May 13, 2010
|Personalized User Model
|Automatic, personalized online information and product services
|Mar 17, 2010
|Sep 9, 2010
|Ntt Docomo, Inc.
|Communication network
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|Sep 30, 2010
|Peter Hazlehurst
|Directing payments to satisfy periodic financial obligations
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|Oct 21, 2010
|Isaac Tomy K
|Personalized account migration system and method
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|Nov 4, 2010
|Lim Stanley T
|Economic Filtering System for Delivery of Permission Based, Targeted, Incentivized Advertising
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|Dec 23, 2010
|Csg Systems, Inc.
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|Ntt Docomo, Inc.
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|Method of Recording Usage of an Online Social Network
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|Linkedin Corporation
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|Aug 25, 2006
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|Nvidia Corporation
|Cellular wireless internet access system using spread spectrum and internet protocol
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|Yodlee, Inc.
|Directing payments to satisfy periodic financial obligations
|U.S. Classification
|709/224, 705/34
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jan 24, 2000
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