Web-page performance toolbar

• US 20030131106A1
• Filed: 04/22/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Digital River Incorporated (Danube Private Holdings II, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Digital River Incorporated (Danube Private Holdings II, LLC)
• Inventors: Kasriel, Stephane
• Application Number:
  US10/128,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20030131106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A toolbar is provided that is synchronized with a web-site browser system. The toolbar provides an interface to a web-page analysis system that provides performance data related to a select web-page. By synchronizing the toolbar to the browser, the web-page analysis system provides performance data related to the web-page that the browser is currently displaying. By displaying the performance data from the web-page analysis system coincident with the content of the web-page from the browser, the user is provided a direct visual association between the actual web-page and its performance. By synchronizing the toolbar with the browser, the user can view the performance measures of each page as the user navigates through the web-site using the same technology that a typical web-site visitor would use. The toolbar in a preferred embodiment is also configured to provide links to performance data related to other pages of the web-site relative to the currently displayed page.

Claims

1. An analysis system, comprising:

an interface that is configured to facilitate a selection of a web-page, and

a first display component that is configured to effect a display of contents of the web-page, in response to the selection of the web-page, and

a second display component that is configured to effect a display of performance data associated with the web-page, also in response to the selection of the web-page.

2. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a count of prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more measures of time duration corresponding to the prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more first statistics corresponding to activities prior to the prior accesses to the web-page, and

one or more second statistics corresponding to activities subsequent to the prior accesses to the web-page.

3. The analysis system of claim 2, wherein

the one or more measures of time duration include at least one of:

a measure of time consumed downloading the web-page, and

a measure of time between entry to and departure from the web-page.

4. The analysis system of claim 2, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities prior to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses from other pages of the plurality of pages, and

entries to the web-site.

5. The analysis system of claim 2, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities subsequent to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages, and

departures from the web-site.

6. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the performance data includes data relative to accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages of the web-site.

7. The analysis system of claim 6, wherein

the data relative to the accesses to other pages is based upon at least one of:

frequency of access,

frequency of entries to the web-site,

frequency of exits from the web-site,

frequency of use of a back button to terminate access, and

speed of downloading.

8. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the second display component is also configured to provide links to other web-pages.

9. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the second display component is configured to display the performance data based upon information received from a performance analysis system.

10. The analysis system of claim 1, further including

a starter component that is configured to start the second display component, based on a user-defined criteria.

11. The analysis system of claim 10, wherein

the user-defined criteria includes at least one of:

a commencement of the first display,

the selection of the web-page, and

a selection of a web-site associated with the web-page.

12. The analysis system of claim 10, wherein:

the first display component includes a browser,

the second display component includes a browser band object, and

the starter component includes a browser helper object.

13. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein:

the first display component includes a browser, and

the second display component includes a browser band object.

14. The analysis system of claim 1, further including

a filter component that is configured to filter the performance data, based on one or more user-defined conditions.

15. The analysis system of claim 14, wherein

the one or more user-defined conditions include at least one of:

a time-frame,

a characteristic of visitors to the web-page, and

an origination of visits to the web-page.

16. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the performance data corresponds to a plurality of performance measures,

at least one performance measure of the plurality of performance measures includes a plurality of sub-measures, and

the analysis system is further configured to effect a display of the plurality of sub-measures upon a selection of the at least one performance measure.

17. The analysis system of claim 1, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a measure of depth of the web-pages, corresponding to a number of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page, and

a measure of depth-time of each web page of the one or more web-pages, corresponding to a time duration of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page.

18. A method of providing performance data associated with a web-page, including:

displaying content material associated with the web-page, and, simultaneously,

displaying the performance data associated with the web-page.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a count of prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more measures of time duration corresponding to the prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more first statistics corresponding to activities prior to the prior accesses to the web-page, and

one or more second statistics corresponding to activities subsequent to the prior accesses to the web-page.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein

the one or more measures of time duration include at least one of:

a measure of time consumed downloading the web-page, and

a measure of time between entry to and departure from the web-page.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities prior to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses from other pages of the plurality of pages, and

entries to the web-site.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities subsequent to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages, and

departures from the web-site.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the performance data includes data relative to accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages of the web-site.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein

the data relative to the accesses to other pages is based upon at least one of:

frequency of access,

frequency of entries to the web-site,

frequency of exits from the web-site,

frequency of use of a back button to terminate access, and

speed of downloading.

25. The method of claim 18, further including

receiving the performance data from a performance analysis system.

26. The method of claim 18, further including

filtering the performance data, based on one or more user-defined conditions.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein

the one or more user-defined conditions include at least one of:

a time-frame,

a characteristic of visitors to the web-page, and

an origination of visits to the web-page.

28. The method of claim 18, further including:

displaying additional performance data associated with a selected item of the performance data.

29. The method of claim 18, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a measure of depth of the web-page, corresponding to a number of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page, and

a measure of depth-time of the web-page, corresponding to a time duration of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page.

30. A method of providing a web-analysis service, including:

providing a performance display system that is configured to be operably coupled to a web-page display system that displays contents of a web-page,

wherein

the performance display system is configured to display performance data associated with the web-page, while the contents of the web-page are displayed by the web-page display system.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a count of prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more measures of time duration corresponding to the prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more first statistics corresponding to activities prior to the prior accesses to the web-page, and

one or more second statistics corresponding to activities subsequent to the prior accesses to the web-page.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein

the one or more measures of time duration include at least one of:

a measure of time consumed downloading the web-page, and

a measure of time between entry to and departure from the web-page.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a count of prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more measures of time duration corresponding to the prior accesses to the web-page,

one or more first statistics corresponding to activities prior to the prior accesses to the web-page, and

one or more second statistics corresponding to activities subsequent to the prior accesses to the web-page.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein

the one or more measures of time duration include at least one of:

a measure of time consumed downloading the web-page, and

a measure of time between entry to and departure from the web-page.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities prior to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses from other pages of the plurality of pages, and

entries to the web-site.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the activities subsequent to the prior accesses correspond to at least one of:

accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages, and

departures from the web-site.

37. The method of claim 30, wherein

the web-page is one of a plurality of pages of a web-site, and

the performance data includes data relative to accesses to other pages of the plurality of pages of the web-site.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein

the data relative to the accesses to other pages is based upon at least one of:

frequency of access,

frequency of entries to the web-site,

frequency of exits from the web-site,

frequency of use of a back button to terminate access, and

speed of downloading.

39. The method of claim 30, further including

receiving the performance data from a performance analysis system.

40. The method of claim 30, further including:

providing a performance analysis system that is configured to collect information during accesses to the web-page, and to provide the performance data to the performance display system based on the information that is collected.

41. The method of claim 30, wherein

the performance display system is further configured to

filter the performance data, based on one or more user-defined conditions.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein

the one or more user-defined conditions include at least one of:

a time-frame,

a characteristic of visitors to the web-page, and

an origination of visits to the web-page.

43. The method of claim 30, wherein

the performance display system is further configured to

display additional performance data associated with a selected item of the performance data.

44. The method of claim 30, wherein

the performance data includes at least one of:

a measure of depth of the web-page, corresponding to a number of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page, and

a measure of depth-time of the web-page, corresponding to a time duration of visits to other web pages of the web-site during an access to the web-site that includes a visit to the web-page.