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Relationship management in an E-commerce application framework

US6697824B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1999
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/958
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method are provided for interacting with a user over a network for personalizing a website. A user is identified and information about the user is collected. A profile of the user is built based on the collected information and a plurality of different contents are managed. The profile and the contents are analyzed in order to match attributes of the profile of the user and attributes of the contents. The contents which have attributes that match the attributes of the profile of the user are then selected and delivered to the user. The user is allowed to manually select which of the delivered contents are depicted on a display. The user is also allowed to selectively position the delivered contents on the display.

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