Built-in automatic customer identifier when connecting to a vendor website
US6647532B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Browser software loaded on a customer's system during a factory pre-install process that includes an identifying information for a computer system in a universal resource locator pre-installed on the system hard drive is described. HTML content pre-installed on the hard drive by a vendor includes identifying information so that when the customer contacts the vendor via the worldwide web, the customer and system are automatically identified to the vendor.
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