RE: Microsoft granted patent for "My Yahoo" [off topic]

Fortunately, MSFT mostly makes patent claims to stack the deck defensively.
In this case, it appears, to prevent Yahoo from making claims on "My MSN"
features.

 

 

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United States Patent 

6,632,248 


Isaac ,   et al. 

October 14, 2003 

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Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on
a server computer using uniquie user identifiers 

Abstract

User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document
is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that
uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the
network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically
and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the
customization information. 

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