Method & System for Providing Centralized Web Usage Tracking
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method, implemented in a logging server, comprising:
- receiving a request for content, the request having been submitted so that access to a web page on another server could be logged;
logging information embedded in the request; and
responding to the request with the content.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In accordance with a method and system for centralized network usage tracking, documents on a network server include a reference to content on a centralized logging server. When one of the documents is accessed by a client computer, the process of rendering the content at the client computer includes requesting the content from the logging server. The logging server, upon receipt of such a request, logs information embedded in the request and returns a trivial response which requires little time and which rendering of need not be perceivable by the user.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. A method, implemented in a logging server, comprising:
-
receiving a request for content, the request having been submitted so that access to a web page on another server could be logged; logging information embedded in the request; and responding to the request with the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method comprising:
-
sending a request to access a web page at a first server; receiving the web page including an indication of additional content to be obtained from a second server so that access to the web page can be logged at the second server; and sending another request to the second server for the additional content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A method of tracking web usage, the method comprising:
-
adding, to each of a plurality of web pages, a reference to content stored at a central logging server; and logging, at the central logging server, information embedded in the reference, wherein the central logging server is accessed by a remote device to obtain the content when any of the plurality of web pages is rendered. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A method comprising:
including, in a web page to be stored at a web server, a reference to content stored on a logging server, the reference having embedded therein an indication to the logging server that the web server was accessed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
Specification