Methods and systems are disclosed for delivering personalized content from
a first server such as a merchant Web server to a computer accessing a
second server such as an affiliate Web server. A system according to the
present invention includes a merchant Web server and an affiliate Web
server, the affiliate Web server being coupled to the merchant Web server
over a computer network. A database of user information is accessible to
the merchant Web server, as is a rule base that includes a plurality of
configurable rules. User identification may be collected from the
computer accessing a Web site controlled by the affiliate Web server and
the collected user identification may be sent to the merchant Web server,
along with a request for content. User information corresponding to the
collected user identification may then be retrieved from the database.
The user information obtained from the database may be applied to the
plurality of rules and selected content may be returned to the affiliate
Web server in response to the request for content. The returned content
is selected based upon the result of the application of the user
information to the plurality of rules.