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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
William Bedford Turner, Campbell, CA (US);
David P. Remahl, Berkeley, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Using uniquely generated identifiers in a network-based ecosystem in which a plurality of client devices request media content and software applications from online distribution system and additionally request invitational content from invitational content providers. Separating users' demographic data from a device-specific identifier in favor of uniquely generated identifiers and using the client device to enforce the substation of uniquely generated identifiers in favor of a device identifier, thereby using the client device to serve as a proxy in creating a firewall to exclude system partners from access to a device identifier.