| US 7,542,923 B2 | ||
| System and method for generating a unique identifier that can be used to integrate an offline experience with an online experience | ||
| Julian David Waldman, Hopewell, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, (Japan); and Sony Music Entertainment Inc., New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 26, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/206,589. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0123292 A1, Jun. 24, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 40/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [705/5; 705/27; 705/39] | 84 Claims |
| 1. A method for generating a unique identifier that can be used to integrate an offline experience of a user with an online
experience of the user, comprising:
establishing an offline experience identifier that is used to access at least one offline experience data item, the offline
experience data item being a data item relevant to the offline experience;
as part of a transaction related to at least one of the offline experience and the online experience, collecting at least
one user data item, the user data item being a data item relevant to the user;
establishing a user identifier that is used to access the user data item;
using at least one of the offline experience identifier and the user identifier to establish the unique identifier with a
processor;
using the unique identifier to subsequently obtain at least one of the offline experience identifier and the user identifier,
and
providing information to a user based in part on at least one of the subsequently obtained offline experience identifier and
user identifier,
wherein the unique identifier is a numerical result of a mathematical algorithm applied to the offline experience identifier
and the user identifier.
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