Abstract: In an embodiment, a request initiated from a client device and addressed to a content server device over a network is intercepted at a routing device and tagged using a unique identifier. The tagged request is transmitted over the network to the content server device, which transmits a second request over the network to a tag-related process device configured to use the unique identifier to identify information associated with the client device. The content server device receives the information associated with the client device over the network in response to the second request, and content for delivery to the client device is customized at the content server device based on that information. The customized content is then transmitted over the network to the routing device to configure the routing device to deliver the customized content to the client device in response to the request from the client device.

Abstract: Embodiments within describe a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user information. In an embodiment, an identifier is generated from client device information. The identifier is associated with a network-related message from the client device. The tagged network-related message is then transmitted.

Abstract: Embodiments within describe a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user information for facilitating the delivery of directed media. In an embodiment, a user identifier is generated from user information. Network traffic from the user and bound for a destination site is tagged within a network routing device. The tagged traffic is tagged with a request identifier that has the user identifier encrypted in an alphanumeric string. The tagged network traffic is transmitted to the destination site. A request is received from the destination site to decode the tagged network traffic, retrieve stored user information, and transmit the stored user information to the destination site.

Abstract: Embodiments within describe a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user information for facilitating the delivery of directed media. In an embodiment, a user identifier is generated from user information. Network traffic from the user and bound for a destination site is tagged within a network routing device. The tagged traffic is tagged with a request identifier that has the user identifier encrypted in an alphanumeric string. The tagged network traffic is transmitted to the destination site. A request is received from the destination site to decode the tagged network traffic, retrieve stored user information, and transmit the stored user information to the destination site.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: Embodiments within describe a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user information for facilitating the delivery of directed media. In an embodiment, a user identifier is generated from user information. Network traffic from the user and bound for a destination site is tagged within a network routing device. The tagged traffic is tagged with a request identifier that has the user identifier encrypted in an alphanumeric string. The tagged network traffic is transmitted to the destination site. A request is received from the destination site to decode the tagged network traffic, retrieve stored user information, and transmit the stored user information to the destination site.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user demographic and location information for facilitating the delivery of directed media are described. A tag processing module within a router device coupling a client computer to a destination site served by a server computer intercepts a request from a client computer to a server computer over a network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: Embodiments of a distributed network system that implements a user-generated preferences (UGP) method to obtain meaningful data regarding user choices and profile data are described. The UGP process is implemented as an interactive application used to understand and segment internet users through graphical question and answer methodology. Over time as internet users participate and interact with the application more preferences are discovered which creates a silo, or profile, of information unique to each user. The interactive question and answer structure is directed to consumer users who are accessing specific websites or browsing the Internet. The UGP process provides the ability for a content provider to engage the user at several different times during the web browsing session, each in a slightly different way, but each in an equivalently engaging way.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and method of generating a global unique identifier (GUID) associated with web/network-related requests. In the context of processing a web-bound request associated with a browsing session, the method comprises receiving information associated with a device that initiated a web-bound request, extracting non-personal/device information during MAC/network layer processing, and creating an anonymous GUID based on the non-personal/device information. The GUID may be implemented as an alphanumeric string that is least partially encrypted and inserted in an extensible location of the HTTP data. The non-personal/device information includes one or more of data associated with a device/user, data related to the device, software on the device, or any user/input data that is resident on the device. The global persistence of the GUID is enabled as a function of extraction of non-personal/device data during MAC/network layer processing.

Abstract: A welded pipe joint having reduced internal stresses comprises a pipe, a socket fitting, and an annular weld. The end surface of the fitting is chamfered in a concave profile, so that the weld profile subtends an angle of from about 100 degrees to about 120 degrees, rather than the customary 90 degrees. The fitting and the pipe are welded together by applying, from outside the pipe, an annulus of added bead metal to the chamfered end surface of the fitting so as to surround the chamfered end surface, and fusing the base metal of the annular wall and pipe. The pipe has no dam or other protuberance to confine the bead of added metal. Prior to welding, the fitting may have an annular lip immediately surrounding the surface of the pipe and may also have a ring spaced from the lip. The ring may be integral with the fitting and spaced from the lip by thin, radially spaced metal bars or may be separate from the fitting.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for managing multi-media advertising campaigns across multiple online and offline media sources are described. A durable network identifier is associated with a client device that is used to access an advertising network. The durable identifier comprises an alphanumeric tag associated with network traffic transmitted through routing devices of the network. The durable identifier indexes relevant user demographic and client device information for facilitating the delivery of directed media within the advertising network and is embedded within requests sent from the client computer to a target server computer over a network. A campaign management platform processes certain user metrics provided by the tag processing service and supplements this information with certain extrinsic data. Analysis processes determine behavioral or contextual targeting, as well as user response to ad messages.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method of tagging network traffic with relevant user demographic and location information for facilitating the delivery of directed media are described. A tag processing module within a router device coupling a client computer to a destination site served by a server computer intercepts a request from a client computer to a server computer over a network.