System And Method For Tracking Contents Via Internet
First Claim
1. System for tracking electronic contents over an internet type communications network, these contents being intended for syndication, this system comprising:
- a syndication server for broadcasting a plurality of contents;
at least one client server for receiving a set of contents sent by the syndication server and for broadcasting the thus-received contents within web pages;
a tracking server for creating, for each content, an identifier which is a function of said client server and of this content, said identifier being sent during downloading;
an agent module;
an embedded module in each web page viewed by a user, this web page containing at least one of said contents and the associated identifier, each embedded module being able to detect, as long as the web page is active, and to send to the associated agent module a set of consultation information as well as the identifier associated with the content present in this web page.
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Abstract
A system for tracking syndicated contents via an Internet communications system includes a syndication server for transmitting a plurality of contents, at least one client'"'"'s server for receiving the totality of contents transmitted by the syndication server and for transmitting the thus received contents to web pages, a tractability server for forming for each content an identifier in the form of the function of the client'"'"'s server and the content, wherein the identifier is transmitted during downloading, a module agent, a module loaded into each web page visualized by a user, wherein the web page contains at least one of the contents and the associated identifier, in as much as the web page is activated, each loaded module detects and transmits a totality of advisory information and the identifier associated with the content of the web page to the associated agent module.
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20 Claims
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1. System for tracking electronic contents over an internet type communications network, these contents being intended for syndication, this system comprising:
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a syndication server for broadcasting a plurality of contents;
at least one client server for receiving a set of contents sent by the syndication server and for broadcasting the thus-received contents within web pages;
a tracking server for creating, for each content, an identifier which is a function of said client server and of this content, said identifier being sent during downloading;
an agent module;
an embedded module in each web page viewed by a user, this web page containing at least one of said contents and the associated identifier, each embedded module being able to detect, as long as the web page is active, and to send to the associated agent module a set of consultation information as well as the identifier associated with the content present in this web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Method for tracking electronic contents over an internet type communications network, these contents being intended for syndication, this method comprising the following steps:
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sending a uploading request by the syndication server to a client server in order to broadcast a set of contents to a client server;
creating by a tracking server, for each content intended to be sent, an identifier which is a function of said client server and of this content, downloading said set of contents as well as the associated identifiers, from the syndication server to the client server;
from the client server, making web pages available, each web page containing at least one content and the associated identifier as well as an embedded module;
on a web page viewed by a user, as long as the web page is active, storing by said embedded module of a set of consultation information and each identifier associated with each content present in this web page, sending of the data thus stored by the embedded module to an agent; and
downloading said data from the agent to the tracking server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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