Patents by Inventor Garrett J. Cronin

Garrett J. Cronin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING ANONYMOUS USER INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20110161422
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing online user information in an anonymous manner. The system associates an identifier with anonymized information of the user, and sends the anonymized user information to a receiving party. In one embodiment, the system receives a temporary id with personally identifiable information from a Web site, uses the personally identifiable information as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user. In another embodiment, the system receives a temporary id from a Web site with a cookie from the user, uses the cookie as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Brad H. Bender, Garrett J. Cronin, John A. Lloyd
  • Method and system for sharing anonymous user information
    Patent number: 7930252
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing online user information in an anonymous manner. The system associates an identifier with anonymized information of the user, and sends the anonymized user information to a receiving party. In one embodiment, the system receives a temporary id with personally identifiable information from a Web site, uses the personally identifiable information as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party. The receiving party uses the temporary id, previously received by the Web site, as a key to obtain the anonymized information of the user. In another embodiment, the system receives a temporary id from a Web site with a cookie from the user, uses the cookie as a key to obtain the anonymized information from a data source, and sends the temporary id with the anonymized information to the receiving party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad H. Bender, Garrett J. Cronin, John A. Lloyd
  • Method and system for sharing anonymous user information
    Publication number: 20020099824
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing online user information in an anonymous manner. The system associates an identifier with anonymized information of the user, and sends the anonymized user information to a receiving party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Brad H. Bender, Garrett J. Cronin, John A. Lloyd