System and method for persistent user tracking using cached resource content
Embodiments of the present invention include a system, device, and method for persistent user tracking including associating a session management item with a client computer identification item, wherein said session management item and said client computer identification item are both associated with a single value of a marker. Embodiments of the present invention include a system, device, and method for persistent user tracking including, associating a first session management item, the first session management item pertaining to a session conducted by a user on a first server with a client computer identification item, and associating a second session management item, the second session management item pertaining to a session conducted by the user on a second server with the client computer identification item. In some embodiments, the client computer identification item may be received from a client computer by a code executed thereon.
1 . A method for persistent user tracking comprising associating a session management item with a client computer identification item, wherein said session management item and said client computer identification item are both associated with a single value of a marker.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said marker is a secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol session identification.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said marker is a session cookie.
4 . The method of claim 1 comprising transmitting the session management item together with said value of said marker from a client computer to a server.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said client computer identification item is an attribute associated with a resource provided from said server to said client computer.
6 . The method of claim 5 comprising transmitting said resource having said attribute from a server to a client computer.
7 . The method of claim 5 comprising transmitting the attribute together with said value of said marker from a client computer to a server.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein said attribute is a timestamp.
9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein said attribute is a tag.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said session management item is a user name.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said client computer identification item is received by a server from a client computer by a code executed thereon.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said code is provided to said client computer.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said client computer identification item is an attribute associated with a resource provided from a server to said client computer.
14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein said attribute is a timestamp.
15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein said attribute is a tag.
16 . A method for persistent user tracking, comprising:
associating a first session management item, said first session management item pertaining to a session conducted by a user on a first server with a client computer identification item; and
associating a second session management item, said second session management item pertaining to a session conducted by said user on a second server with said client computer identification item.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein said client computer identification item is received from a client computer by a code executed thereon.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein said code is provided by said first and second server to said client computer.
19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein said client computer identification item is an attribute associated with a resource provided from said server to said client computer.
20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said attribute is a timestamp.
21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said attribute is a tag.
22 . A device for persistent user tracking, comprising:
a processor adapted to associate a session management item with a client computer identification item, wherein said session management item and said client computer identification item are both associated with a single value of a marker; and
a memory to store a set of session management items with a respective set of associated client computer identification items.
23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein said marker is a secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol session identification.
24 . The method of claim 22 , wherein said marker is a session cookie.
25 . The method of claim 22 comprising a transmitter for transmitting said session management item together with said value of said marker from a client computer to a server.
26 . The method of claim 22 , wherein said client computer identification item is an attribute associated with a resource provided from a server to a client computer.
27 . The method of claim 26 comprising a transmitter for transmitting said resource having said attribute from a server to a client computer.
28 . The method of claim 26 comprising a transmitter for transmitting said attribute together with said value of said marker from a client computer to a server.
29 . The method of claim 26 , wherein said attribute is a timestamp.
30 . The method of claim 26 , wherein said attribute is a tag.
31 . The method of claim 22 , wherein said session management item is a user name.
32 . The method of claim 22 , wherein said client computer identification item is received from a client computer by a code executed thereon.
33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein said code is provided by a server to said client computer.
34 . The method of claim 32 , wherein said client computer identification item is an attribute associated with a resource provided from a server to said client computer.
35 . The method of claim 34 , wherein said attribute is a timestamp.
36 . The method of claim 34 , wherein said attribute is a tag.