System for monitoring the usage of intranet portal modules
First Claim
1. A system for tracking and displaying module usage in a portal for a computer network, the system comprising:
- a server computer having a memory device;
a client computer being connected to the server computer;
a portal stored in the memory device of the server computer and accessible by a user from a client computer, the portal comprising a plurality of modules;
means for monitoring selection of a module of the plurality of modules by a user on a client computer;
means for collecting information on a user selecting a module of the plurality of modules;
a database stored in the memory device of the server computer, the database storing the collected information for each module of the plurality of modules;
means for retrieving information for a particular module from the database on a request from a user; and
means for displaying the retrieved information to a user on a client computer.
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Abstract
A module-based Intranet portal is monitored to determine the usage of the modules of the Intranet portal. Detailed information relating to the usage of a module by a user is recorded and stored in a database. A user can then retrieve the detailed information on module usage from the database. The retrieved information is displayed in a chart or table for the user and includes information on the number of users of the module, the number of hits for the module, the number of times the module has been added to a user'"'"'s portal and the number of times the module has been removed from the user'"'"'s portal. In addition, the retrieved information can be sorted or arranged in the chart based on a number of different criteria. The different criteria for sorting the retrieved information includes the community of the user, the browser of the user, the country of the user, the index page of the user, the location of the user, the manager of the user and the operating system of the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for tracking and displaying module usage in a portal for a computer network, the system comprising:
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a server computer having a memory device;
a client computer being connected to the server computer;
a portal stored in the memory device of the server computer and accessible by a user from a client computer, the portal comprising a plurality of modules;
means for monitoring selection of a module of the plurality of modules by a user on a client computer;
means for collecting information on a user selecting a module of the plurality of modules;
a database stored in the memory device of the server computer, the database storing the collected information for each module of the plurality of modules;
means for retrieving information for a particular module from the database on a request from a user; and
means for displaying the retrieved information to a user on a client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19)
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11. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and executable by a computer for tracking and displaying usage of components of a computer network portal customizable by each user, the computer program product comprising:
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means for monitoring selection of a component of a computer network portal by a user;
means for collecting information on a user selecting a component of the computer network portal;
a database to store the collected information for each component of the computer network portal;
means for retrieving information for a particular component from the database on a request from a user; and
means for displaying the retrieved information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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20. A method for tracking and displaying module usage in a portal for a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a portal having a plurality of modules, wherein the portal being customizable by each user of the portal;
monitoring selection of a module of the plurality of modules by a user;
extracting data from a user profile of a user of the selected module of the plurality of modules;
collecting information on a user selecting a module of the plurality of modules;
storing the collected information for each module of the plurality of modules in a database;
retrieving information on a particular module from the database based on a criterion designated by a user, wherein the criterion is one of a community, a browser, a country, an index page, a location, a manager and an operating system; and
displaying the retrieved information to a user on a computer, wherein the retrieved information includes at least one of a number of unique users of the particular module, a number of accesses of the particular module, a number of users adding the particular module to the portal and a number of users removing the particular module from the portal.
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