METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING TIME ON A WEB SITE AND DETECTING CLICK VALIDITY
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for monitoring the time a user spends on a web site comprising:
- sending a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site;
recording the time the document is sent;
receiving a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document;
closing the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; and
recording the time the document was closed.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring the time a user spends on a web site. This data as to the time spent on the web site may be used to determine the validity of the click that caused the user'"'"'s browsing application to be directed to this web site. Systems and methods are also disclosed for detecting fraudulent clicks based on the location of web browser windows.
-
Citations
56 Claims
-
1. A method for monitoring the time a user spends on a web site comprising:
-
sending a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; recording the time the document is sent; receiving a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; closing the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; and recording the time the document was closed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A method for determining the validity of a click comprising;
-
receiving an indication of a click on an electronic object; sending a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; recording the time the document is sent; receiving a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; closing the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; recording the time the document was closed; and
,determining from the recorded times if the click is valid. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A system for monitoring the time a user spends on a web site comprising:
-
a component for providing a document; and
,a processor programmed to; send a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; record the time the document is sent; receive a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; close the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; and record the time the document was closed. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A system for determining the validity of a click comprising:
-
a component for providing a document; and
,a processor programmed to; receive an indication of a click on an electronic object; send a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; record the time the document is sent; receive a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; close the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; record the time the document was closed; and determine from the recorded times if the click is valid. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
-
29. A computer-usable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitably programmed system to monitor the time a user spends on a web site, by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system:
-
sending a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; recording the time the document is sent; receiving a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; closing the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; and recording the time the document was closed. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
-
37. A computer-usable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitably programmed system to determine the validity of a click, by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system:
-
receiving an indication of a click on an electronic object; sending a document to the browsing application associated with a user who has activated the browsing application to be directed to a target web site; recording the time the document is sent; receiving a web page corresponding to the target web site in the browsing application for overlying the document; closing the document in response to a closing event of the web site in the browsing application; recording the time the document was closed; and
,determining from the recorded times if the click is valid. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
-
-
45. A method for determining the validity of a click, comprising:
-
receiving an indication of a click on an activatable location of an electronic object; and determining if the location of the web browser window that supported the activatable location is visible on the screen of the user associated with the click. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
-
-
49. A system for determining the validity of a click comprising:
-
a first component configured for receiving an indication of a click on an activatable location of an electronic object; and a second component configured for determining if the location of the web browser window that supported the activatable location is visible on the screen of the user associated with the click. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
-
-
53. A computer-usable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitably programmed system to determine the validity of a click, by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system:
-
receiving an indication of a click on an activatable location of an electronic object; and determining if the location of the web browser window that supported the activatable location is visible on the screen of the user associated with the click. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
-
Specification