Consolidated Cookie Consent Screen for Multi-Domain Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
In internet services that use cookies, users are required to provide consent for each domain they access, leading to repetitive and cumbersome consent requests when transitioning between cooperating domains, which can hinder user experience and service provision.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that receives access from a user terminal to a first domain and displays a consent screen for both the first domain and cooperating domains before transitioning, allowing users to grant consent for cookie usage in a single session, thereby eliminating the need for repeated consent requests across multiple domains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If consent to use of cookie is requested for each domain separately, then cookie usage can be controlled per domain, but user burden increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple cookie consent requests for different domains into a single consolidated consent screen. When a user accesses a first domain, the system displays a consent screen that includes not only the first domain's cookie usage request but also preemptively includes consent requests for multiple other cooperating domains that the user may access subsequently. This allows one-time consent covering multiple domains, eliminating repeated consent requests and reducing user burden while maintaining per-domain cookie control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by displaying consent requests for multiple domains before the user actually accesses those domains. The system identifies cooperating domains in advance and presents their cookie consent requests along with the current domain's consent request on a single screen. This preliminary consolidation of consent requests prevents the need for subsequent separate consent dialogs when the user navigates to other domains, thereby improving ease of operation while preserving reliable per-domain cookie usage control.
2Reliability
If consent screen is displayed for each domain transition, then per-domain consent is ensured, but service provision efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple per-domain consent procedures into a single consolidated consent screen. Instead of displaying separate consent screens for each domain transition, the system merges the consent requests for the current first domain and multiple future cooperating domains into one unified interface. This allows the system to obtain consent for multiple domains simultaneously, ensuring per-domain consent reliability while dramatically improving service provision efficiency by eliminating repeated consent requests during domain transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by preparing and displaying consolidated consent requests for multiple domains before the user accesses them. The system identifies which domains the user may access and presents their consent requirements in advance on a single screen. This preliminary consolidation maintains per-domain consent reliability while removing the efficiency penalty of repeated consent dialogs during service provision across multiple domains.
3Reliability
If multiple consent requests are made sequentially, then each domain's cookie policy is respected, but user experience is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple sequential consent requests into a single consolidated consent screen. When a user accesses a first domain, the system displays one unified consent screen that encompasses cookie usage requests for the first domain and multiple other cooperating domains. This merged approach ensures that all domain cookie policies are compliantly addressed while presenting the user with a single, streamlined interaction rather than multiple sequential dialogs, thereby improving user experience without compromising policy compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by presenting consolidated consent requests for multiple domains before the user encounters them individually. The system identifies cooperating domains and prepares their consent requests in advance, displaying them all on one screen alongside the current domain's request. This preliminary consolidation maintains reliable compliance with each domain's cookie policy while significantly improving user experience by eliminating the frustration of multiple sequential consent requests.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive access to a first domain from a user terminal, and before the user terminal transitions to another cooperating domain from the first domain, display a screen for receiving consent to use of a cookie requested in accordance with the access to the first domain and consent to use of a cookie requested in accordance with the access to the other domain cooperating with the first domain on the user terminal.