Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable anonymous identifier value
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Application No.: US13889858Application Date: 2013-05-08
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Publication No.: US09600689B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Erik C. Neuenschwander , André M. J. Boulé , Brendan J. Langoulant , David Robert Stites , Tyler Dagan McRae Hawkins
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Polsinelli LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; G06F17/30 ; H04N7/16 ; G06F21/62 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
Systems and method for allowing an identifier value associated with a computing device, and that is delivered to content providers when requesting content, to be altered from that of the unique identifier value associated with the computing device. A computing device will include user interface elements that allow a user to request a new identifier on-demand. In some cases, the user can also configure the computing device to obtain a new identifier value in response to other actions at the computing device or automatically when some type of usage criteria is met. The identifier value is configured to be substantially unique and to be different than a unique identifier associated with the computing device to provide anonymity for the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140215635A1 VARIABLE ANONYMOUS IDENTIFIER VALUE Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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