Patent attributes
A system and method for retrieving shared content by a proxy is provided. The system and method includes a data store comprising a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for performing the retrieving of the shared content by the proxy; a processor that executes the program of instructions; a data aggregation unit to receive information about an Internet user associated with a web browser from a first data provider and a second data provider, and to aggregate the received information; a vector creation unit to create a vector based on the aggregated received information; a proxy communication unit to transmit the vector to the proxy, and to receive a short term cookie based on the vector from the proxy; and a shared content receiving unit to receive shared content from an online shared content network based on the short term cookie.
