CONTENT DISPLAY MONITOR
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Abstract
The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displayed content by an observer. The invention can also enable monitoring of the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site. Additionally, the invention can enable the expeditious provision of updated and/or tailored content over a network from a content provider site to a content display site so that the content provider'"'"'s current and appropriately tailored content is always displayed at the content display site. Aspects of the invention related to transfer of content over a network are generally applicable to any type of network. However, it is contemplated that the invention can be particularly useful with a computer network, including private computer networks (e.g., America Online™) and public computer networks (e.g., the Internet). In particular, the invention can be advantageously used with computer networks or portions of computer networks over which video and/or audio content are transferred from one network site to another network site for observation, such as the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.
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75 Claims
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1-66. -66. (canceled)
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67. A system in a computer networked environment for generating monitoring information about a display of content, comprising:
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a content provider site that stores a content file, wherein the content file is associated with at least one monitoring instruction to cause generation of monitoring information about the display of content associated with the content file; and
a content display site to receive the content file from the content provider site and to display the content associated with the content file, wherein the content display site executes the at least one monitoring instruction when the content file is accessed, thereby causing monitoring information about the display of the content to be generated, wherein the content provider site has a first communication port to provide the content file to the content display site and a second communication port to receive monitoring information from the content display site. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method for transmitting monitoring data comprising:
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receiving a content file at a content display site, the content file being provided by a content provider site via a proxy server, the content file being associated with at least one monitoring instruction that causes display of content associated with the content file to be detected; and
accessing the content file at the content display site to cause display of the content and execution of the at least one monitoring instruction to cause generation of monitoring information; and
transmitting the monitoring information to the content provider site by sending a request for a file to a daemon at the content provider site, wherein a name of the requested file comprises the monitoring information.
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75. A method for transmitting monitoring data comprising:
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receiving a content file at a content display site, the content file being provided by a content provider site via a proxy server, the content file being associated with at least one monitoring instruction that causes display of content associated with the content file to be detected; and
accessing the content file at the content display site to cause display of the content and execution of the at least one monitoring instruction to cause generation of monitoring information; and
transmitting the monitoring information to the content provider site by sending a request to execute a GCI script, wherein an input parameter of the request comprises the monitoring information.
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