CA2644904A1 - System and method for controlling use of a network resource - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system includes a control source that is provided on a server and control logic that executes on a terminal. The control logic executes on a terminal to (i) identify a plurality of attributes on the terminal, the attributes including an identifier for each of a plurality of terminal assets that include one or more of a hardware fixture, firmware, or operating system; and (ii) generate signature data from the plurality of attributes. The control source is configured to make a determination from the signature data as to whether the terminal is known or unknown.
Claims (25)
1. A system for controlling use of a network resource, the system comprising:
a control source that is provided on a network server to communicate with a plurality of terminals in order to control use of the resource;
a control logic that executes on a terminal to (i) identify a plurality of attributes on the terminal, the attributes including an identifier for each of a plurality of terminal assets that include one or more of a hardware fixture, firmware, or operating system; and (ii) generate signature data from the plurality of attributes; and wherein the control source is configured to make a determination from the signature data as to whether the terminal is known or unknown.
a control source that is provided on a network server to communicate with a plurality of terminals in order to control use of the resource;
a control logic that executes on a terminal to (i) identify a plurality of attributes on the terminal, the attributes including an identifier for each of a plurality of terminal assets that include one or more of a hardware fixture, firmware, or operating system; and (ii) generate signature data from the plurality of attributes; and wherein the control source is configured to make a determination from the signature data as to whether the terminal is known or unknown.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control source is configured to enable or allow a requested use of the resource by the terminal in response to the determination that the terminal is unknown.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the control source is configured to identify historical data on the terminal's past use of the resource in response to determining that the terminal is known, and wherein the control source uses a set of usage rules to determine to enable or allow a requested use of the resource based on the historical data and the set of usage rules.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the control logic executes on the terminal to generate the signature data in response to each instance that a user of the terminal requests the resource or requests to use the resource.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the control source is configured to selectively signal a license to the terminal in order to enable the terminal to use the resource based in part on the determination that the terminal is known or unknown.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the resource corresponds to an electronic coupon offer, and wherein the control logic is integrated or coupled to a print driver, and wherein the license corresponds to data that enables the print driver to use the electronic coupon offer to generate a print coupon that is redeemable at a merchant site.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the control source is configured to signal the license when (i) the terminal is unknown, or (ii) the terminal is known to have not over-requested the electronic coupon offer more than permitted by one or more usage rules associated with the electronic coupon offer.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the control logic executes on the terminal to generate signature data that includes (i) a plurality of signature components, each signature component being derived from a corresponding identifier of one of the assets, (ii) a signature value that is based on at least a combination of at least some of the plurality of signature components;
and the control source is configured to make the determination as to whether the terminal is known by (i) comparing the signature value to a known signature value of a roster of known terminals, or (ii) if the signature value is not known, using at least some of the plurality of signature components to make a determination as to whether the signature components provide a reliable partial match to corresponding known signature components of terminals on the roster.
and the control source is configured to make the determination as to whether the terminal is known by (i) comparing the signature value to a known signature value of a roster of known terminals, or (ii) if the signature value is not known, using at least some of the plurality of signature components to make a determination as to whether the signature components provide a reliable partial match to corresponding known signature components of terminals on the roster.
9. The system of claim 8, the control logic executes on the terminal to generate signature data that is hashed.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the system includes a statistical analysis component that analyzes a sampling of signature components from a given population to assign a reliability parameter to individual signature components of signature data of the terminal that the determination is being made.
11. A computer-implemented method, executable on a server, for controlling use of a resource over a network, the method comprising:
providing a control logic that is made available on the network to control use of the resource;
enabling each of a plurality of terminals that execute the control logic to request use of the resource;
wherein providing the control logic includes configuring the control logic to operate on each of the plurality terminals in order to (i) generate, for each terminal, signature data that identifies that terminal, the signature data being based on a plurality of terminal attributes, and (ii) communicate the signature data to the server;
making an identification determination of each of the plurality of terminals, wherein for each of at least some of the plurality of terminals, making the identification determination is performed without use of cookie data or data footprints on that terminal;
responsive to receiving a request to use the resource from any of the plurality of terminals, using the identification determination of that terminal to enable or deny a specific use of the resource.
providing a control logic that is made available on the network to control use of the resource;
enabling each of a plurality of terminals that execute the control logic to request use of the resource;
wherein providing the control logic includes configuring the control logic to operate on each of the plurality terminals in order to (i) generate, for each terminal, signature data that identifies that terminal, the signature data being based on a plurality of terminal attributes, and (ii) communicate the signature data to the server;
making an identification determination of each of the plurality of terminals, wherein for each of at least some of the plurality of terminals, making the identification determination is performed without use of cookie data or data footprints on that terminal;
responsive to receiving a request to use the resource from any of the plurality of terminals, using the identification determination of that terminal to enable or deny a specific use of the resource.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein configuring the control logic includes incorporating instructions into the control logic to cause at least some of the terminals to individually identify attribute identifiers corresponding to at least two of (i) a hardware fixture identifier, (ii) a firmware identifier, or (iii) an operating system identifier.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein configuring the control logic includes incorporating instructions into the control logic to cause at least some of the terminals to individually identify attribute identifiers of multiple hardware fixtures.
14. A computer-implemented component for controlling a terminal in using a resource, the method being performed by a combination of processor and memory, the method comprising:
programmatically scanning a terminal for one or more attribute identifiers, including attribute identifiers of one or more hardware fixtures;
generating signature data based in part from the one or more attribute identifiers;
making a determination, on a control source that is remote to the terminal, as to whether the terminal is known or unknown to the control source, the determination being made using the signature data;
controlling, from the control source, performance of a print operation by the terminal on the resource based at least in part on the determination.
programmatically scanning a terminal for one or more attribute identifiers, including attribute identifiers of one or more hardware fixtures;
generating signature data based in part from the one or more attribute identifiers;
making a determination, on a control source that is remote to the terminal, as to whether the terminal is known or unknown to the control source, the determination being made using the signature data;
controlling, from the control source, performance of a print operation by the terminal on the resource based at least in part on the determination.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein generating the signature data includes performing a one-way hash on the one or more attribute identifiers, then communicating the signature data to the control source so that the attribute identifiers used to generate the signature data are not known to the control source.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource corresponds to an electronic coupon offer, and wherein the method further comprises selectively enabling the print operation to be performed on the electronic coupon offer, so as to enable a user of the terminal to produce a print coupon from the electronic coupon offer.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein making a determination as to whether the terminal is known or unknown includes comparing at least a portion of the signature data to other signatures of known terminals.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein generating the signature data includes generating (i) multiple signature components that separately correspond to one of the attribute identifiers; and (i) a signature value based on a combination of at least some of the signature components;
and wherein making the determination includes determining one of (i) the signature value matches a signature value of one of the known terminals, or (ii) one or more signature components individually match corresponding signature components of one of the known terminals and are reliable in uniquely belonging to the one of the known terminals.
and wherein making the determination includes determining one of (i) the signature value matches a signature value of one of the known terminals, or (ii) one or more signature components individually match corresponding signature components of one of the known terminals and are reliable in uniquely belonging to the one of the known terminals.
19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
responsive to making the determination that the terminal is known, determining historical information about the terminal's past use of the resource, the historical information being determinative of whether the terminal to be enabled or allowed to perform the print operation.
responsive to making the determination that the terminal is known, determining historical information about the terminal's past use of the resource, the historical information being determinative of whether the terminal to be enabled or allowed to perform the print operation.
20. The method of claim 14, wherein programmatically scanning a terminal for one or more attribute identifiers includes programmatically scanning the terminal for one or more attribute identifiers of firmware or the operating system.
21. A system for controlling use of a resource, the system comprising:
a terminal comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute logic that causes the one or more processors to:
programmatically scan the terminal for one or more attribute identifiers of one or more hardware fixtures of the terminal;
generate signature data based in part from the one or more attribute identifiers;
communicate the signature data to a control source over the network;
a control source that is coupled to the terminal over the network, wherein the control source is configured to use the signature data from the terminal to make a determination as to whether the terminal is known or unknown;
signal instruction data to the terminal to either enable or preclude performance of a print operation based on the determination.
a terminal comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute logic that causes the one or more processors to:
programmatically scan the terminal for one or more attribute identifiers of one or more hardware fixtures of the terminal;
generate signature data based in part from the one or more attribute identifiers;
communicate the signature data to a control source over the network;
a control source that is coupled to the terminal over the network, wherein the control source is configured to use the signature data from the terminal to make a determination as to whether the terminal is known or unknown;
signal instruction data to the terminal to either enable or preclude performance of a print operation based on the determination.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors of the terminal are further configured to generate the signature data by hashing the one or more attribute identifiers, so that the one or more attribute identifiers are not determinable from the control source.
23. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors of the terminal are further configured to programmatically scan the terminal for one or more attribute identifiers of a firmware or operating system assets of the terminal.
24. The system of claim 21, wherein the resource corresponds to an electronic coupon offer, and wherein the control source is configured to control the print operation to create a coupon from the electronic coupon offer.
25. The system of claim 24, wherein the control source is configured to:
signal the instruction data to the terminal to enable the print operation when the determination is that the terminal is unknown;
determine instances of past print operations on the electronic coupon offer by the terminal when the determination is that the terminal is known, then (i) signal the instruction data to the terminal to enable the print operation if a number of the past instances is less than a predetermined limit; or (ii) preclude the print operation if the number of the past instances is more than the predetermined limit.
signal the instruction data to the terminal to enable the print operation when the determination is that the terminal is unknown;
determine instances of past print operations on the electronic coupon offer by the terminal when the determination is that the terminal is known, then (i) signal the instruction data to the terminal to enable the print operation if a number of the past instances is less than a predetermined limit; or (ii) preclude the print operation if the number of the past instances is more than the predetermined limit.
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