Managing page-level usage data

• US 10,382,572 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2017
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dumitrascu, Aurel, Burciu, Alexandru, Kohlmeier, Sebastian, Tronciu, Alexandru
• Primary Examiner(s): Xiao, Di
• Application Number:
  US15/415,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate management and monitoring of page-level usage data. Specifically, a client computing device may retrieve content from a remote system for local display. A local interaction monitoring component may monitor local interaction with the content, and transmit local interaction information to the remote system. In one embodiment, interaction may be monitored with regard to predefined portions of the content. In another embodiment, interaction may be transmitted to the remote server for processing, in order to generate page-level usage data. In still more embodiments, page level-usage data may be processed or formatted in order to facilitate ease of retrieval and display. In yet more embodiments, the remote system may enable clients, such as administrators, to view aggregate page-level usage data why viewing a corresponding content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method implemented by a client computing device for generating page-level usage data corresponding to interaction with a content item, the computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining rendering instructions for the content item from a content provider system, wherein the rendering instructions include instructions executable by the client computing device to conduct monitoring of interactions with the content item that modify which content portions, of a plurality of content portions designating areas of the content item of a predefined height or width, are displayed on the client computing device, and wherein the monitoring disregards interactions with the content item that do not cause a change in which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the client computing device;

displaying at least one of the plurality of content portions of the content item on a display of the client computing device; and

executing the instructions included within the content item, wherein executing the instructions comprises;

detecting a set of local interaction events on the client computing device to modify which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the client computing;

generating, based at least in part on the set of local interaction events, local interaction information indicating which content portions of the plurality of content portions have been displayed on the client computing device and further indicating a timing at which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the client computing device; and

transmitting the local interaction information to a remote monitoring system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable by the client computing device correspond to client-side scripting included within the rendering instructions.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the client-side scripting includes JavaScript formatted scripting.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one local interaction event of the set of local interaction events occurs independent of interaction between the client computing device and a remote system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of content portions are designated independently of displayable elements of the content item.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the local interaction information does not identify a correspondence between individual displayable elements of the content item and individual content portions of the set of content portions.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the local interaction information includes a viewing dimension of the at least one content portion on the display of the client computing device.

8. A computing system comprising:

a physical storage device storing rendering instructions for a content item obtained from a content provider system, wherein the rendering instructions include instructions executable by a processor to conduct monitoring of interactions with the content item that modify which content portions, of which content portions, of a plurality of content portions designating areas of the content item of a predefined height or width, and wherein the monitoring disregards interactions with the content item that do not cause a change in which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the client computing device;

a display device to output at least one of the plurality of content portions of the content item; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to conduct the monitoring, wherein executing the instructions causes the processor to;

detect a set of local interaction events on the client computing device to modify which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the display device;

generate, based at least in part on the set of local interaction events, local interaction information indicating which content portions of the plurality of content portions have been displayed on the display device and further indicating a timing at which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the display device; and

transmit the local interaction information to a remote monitoring system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions executable by the processor correspond to client-side scripting included within the rendering instructions.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one local interaction event of the set of local interaction events occurs independent of interaction between the computing system and a remote system.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of content portions are designated independently of displayable elements of the content item.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the local interaction information does not identify a correspondence between individual displayable elements of the content item and individual content portions of the set of content portions.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the local interaction information includes a viewing dimension of the at least one content portion on the display device.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the timing at which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the display device comprises at least one of a total time one or more content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed, whether the one or more content portions were displayed for at least a threshold amount of time, or an average movement speed of the content item during output of the one or more content portions.

15. Non-transitory computer readable media comprising rendering instructions for a content item displayable on a display of a computing system, wherein the rendering instructions include instructions executable by a processor of the computing system to conduct monitoring of interactions with the content item that modify which content portions, of a plurality of content portions designating areas of the first content item of a predefined height or width, are displayed on the computing system, and wherein the monitoring disregards interactions with the content item that do not cause a change in which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the client computing device, wherein the execution of the instructions causes the processor to:

detect a set of local interaction events on the computing system to modify which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the display;

generate, based at least in part on the set of local interaction events, local interaction information indicating which content portions of the plurality of content portions have been displayed on the display and further indicating a timing at which content portions of the plurality of content portions are displayed on the display; and

transmit the local interaction information to a remote monitoring system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the instructions executable by the client computing device correspond to client-side scripting included within the rendering instructions.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein at least one local interaction event of the set of local interaction events occurs independent of interaction between the client computing device and a remote system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the plurality of content portions are designated independently of displayable content of the content item.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the local interaction information does not identify a correspondence between individual elements of displayable content of the content item and individual content portions of the set of content portions.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the local interaction information includes a viewing dimension of the at least one content portion on the display.