Graphical user interface and web site evaluation tool for customizing web sites

• US 20020089532A1
• Filed: 12/05/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: ClickFox Inc.
• Inventors: Cohen, Tal, Harel, Nissim, Dagon, David, Jerding, Dean Frederick
• Granted Patent: US 7,305,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

An invention for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource wherein the resource includes a plurality of correlated or uncorrelated objects. The method consists of providing a number of graphical formats from which a format is selected for display of patterns of utilization. Additionally, a query is submitted regarding a particular utilization of the resource. Along with the selected format and query inputs, the invention receives information regarding utilization of the resource from a system. Once the invention receives the inputs and the utilization information from the system, the invention processes the information to a format that conforms with the inputs. The invention then displays the processed information in the selected graphical format. The invention also allows the selection of a second graphical format from the graphical formats for altering the display to show the processed information in the second selected format.

Claims

1. A web-based graphical user interface for customizing a web site as described herein.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said utilization is visitor utilization, said resource is a web site, said objects are web pages, said system is a web site analysis program and wherein the query may request additional information not initially supplied by the web site analysis program and wherein any such additional information is requested and received from the web site analysis program.

1-1. A method for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource, wherein said resource includes a plurality of objects, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of graphical formats from which a format is selected for displaying patterns of utilization;

receiving a first input, the first input invoking the selection of a first graphical format from said plurality of formats;

receiving a second input, the second input comprising a query regarding a particular utilization of said resource;

receiving information regarding utilization of said resource from a system;

processing said information to a format conforming with said query and said selected first graphical format;

displaying said processed information in said first graphical format; and

allowing the selection of a second graphical format from said plurality of graphical formats for altering said display to show the processed information in a second selected format.