Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing user control of tracking user behavior
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Application No.: US16371426Application Date: 2019-04-01
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Publication No.: US10778792B1Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: John Handy Bosma , Jeremy R. Fox , Leanna Holmquist , Juan Leon
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Winstead PC
- Agent Robert A. Voigt, Jr.
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; G06F16/957

Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product for providing user control of tracking user behavior. A request from a tracking implementer (e.g., website) for installing content (e.g., tracking cookies) on a user's computing device for tracking user behavior is detected. Alternatively, the installation of content by the tracking implementer on the user's computing device to track user behavior is detected. If the user had previously established a standard terms of service for the tracking implementer to abide in order to track the user's behavior, then a determination is made as to whether the tracking implementer agreed to accept such standard terms of service. If the tracking implementer did not agree to accept such standard terms of service, then the tracking implementer is blocked from tracking the user's online behavior, including blocking the tracking implementer from installing content on the user's computing device to track the user's behavior.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200314192A1 PROVIDING USER CONTROL OF TRACKING USER BEHAVIOR Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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