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January 5, 2019Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.ClaimsWe claim: 1. A method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: registering a new user identifier into the repository of user information. 3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: adding personal categories to the user information in the repository of user information. 4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: adding auxiliary information to the user information in the repository of user information. 5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: notifying the network user if the user entered user identifier is not unique in the repository of user information. 6. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: encrypting the user identifier. 7. The method as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of: encrypting the personalized URL. 8. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the unique user identifier is either automatically generated or specified by the network user. 9. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least a portion of the user information is public information. 10. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user information in the repository of user information is updated with current user information by the network user using a corresponding user identifier. 11. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the repository of user information is either incorporated into a web server or is accessible by a web server. 12. An apparatus for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: an identifier associator for associating a unique user identifier with a network user; a repository updator for entering and modifying user information associated with the unique user identifier in the repository of user information; and a browser for retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name. 13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an identifier registrator for registering a new user identifier into the repository of user information. 14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising a user notifier for notifying the network user if the user entered user identifier is not unique in the repository of user information. 15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an encryptor for encrypting the user identifier and the personalized URL. 16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the unique user identifier is either automatically generated or specified by the network user. 17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the at least a portion of the user information is public information. 18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the user information in the repository of user information is updated with current user information by the network user using a corresponding user identifier. 19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the repository of user information is either incorporated into a web server or is accessible by a web server. 20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising an encoder for encoding the user identifier and the personalized URL. 21. A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform method for managing a repository of user information using a personalized URL, comprising: assigning a unique user identifier to a network user; associating the unique user identifier with user information in the repository of user information; and retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the repository of user information upon receiving a personalized URL from a client, the personalized URL being based upon at least a portion of the unique user identifier prepended to a domain name. | InventorApplicationNo. 225651 filed on 01/05/1999US Classes:709/223, COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING709/224Computer network monitoringField of Search709/223, COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING709/224, Computer network monitoring709/225, Computer network access regulating709/228, Session/connection parameter setting709/249MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERCONNECTINGExaminersPrimary: Maung, ZarniAttorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5708780, Internet server access control and monitoring systemsIssued on: 01/13/1998 Inventor: Levergood, et al.5745681, Stateless shopping cart for the web Issued on: 04/28/1998 Inventor: Levine, et al.5794259, Apparatus and methods to enhance web browsing on the internet Issued on: 08/11/1998 Inventor: Kikinis5812769, Method and apparatus for redirecting a user to a new location on the world wide web using relative universal resource locators Issued on: 09/22/1998 Inventor: Graber, et al.5812776, Method of providing internet pages by mapping telephone number provided by client to URL and returning the same in a redirect command by server Issued on: 09/22/1998 Inventor: Gifford5892825Method of secure server control of local media via a trigger through a network for instant local access of encrypted data on local media Issued on: 04/06/1999 Inventor: Mages, et al. International ClassG06F 015/173 |
