METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ONLINE CHAT PERFORMANCE
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1. A method of measuring networked chat performance, the method comprising:
- for a plurality of visitors to a website, assigning a first subset of the visitors to a control group, wherein members of the control group are not to be provided with online chat during at least one visit to the website based at least in part on their assignment to the control group, andwherein other visitors in the plurality of visitors that are not in the control group are eligible to receive chat services during at least one visit to the website;
causing at least in part;
a control group indicator, anda web beaconto be stored on at least a portion of visitor terminals associated with corresponding members of the control group, wherein the control group indicator indicates or can be used to determine that the corresponding visitor is a member of the control group;
receiving first data from at least a portion of the beacons indicating which visitors in the control group made a purchase and so were converted during a first period of time;
receiving second data indicating which of the visitors that are not in the control group made a purchase and so were converted during the first period of time; and
causing at least in part the first data and the second data to be processed so as to provide information as to a difference in conversion rates for the control group relative to the visitors that are not in the control group and that received chat service to thereby provide a measure as to the effect chat has on conversions.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for measuring chat performance are described. Certain users accessing a website are inhibited by a chat system from receiving online chat service, while other users are provided with online chat service, wherein users can textually communicate with another entity. Optionally, the chat system causes web beacons or other activity trackers to be downloaded to terminals associated with website visitors. The beacons provide website activity information for respective users. The chat system or another system monitors and processes the website activity information, to determine or provide information for determining chat performance.
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1. A method of measuring networked chat performance, the method comprising:
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for a plurality of visitors to a website, assigning a first subset of the visitors to a control group, wherein members of the control group are not to be provided with online chat during at least one visit to the website based at least in part on their assignment to the control group, and wherein other visitors in the plurality of visitors that are not in the control group are eligible to receive chat services during at least one visit to the website; causing at least in part; a control group indicator, and a web beacon to be stored on at least a portion of visitor terminals associated with corresponding members of the control group, wherein the control group indicator indicates or can be used to determine that the corresponding visitor is a member of the control group; receiving first data from at least a portion of the beacons indicating which visitors in the control group made a purchase and so were converted during a first period of time; receiving second data indicating which of the visitors that are not in the control group made a purchase and so were converted during the first period of time; and causing at least in part the first data and the second data to be processed so as to provide information as to a difference in conversion rates for the control group relative to the visitors that are not in the control group and that received chat service to thereby provide a measure as to the effect chat has on conversions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of measuring the effect of online chat, the method comprising:
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defining a first subset of website visitors that are not to be provided with online chat while a chat evaluation process is being conducting; causing at least in part one or more indicators to be stored indicating which visitors are associated with the first subset; causing at least in part the first subset of the visitors not to be provided with online chat during one or more visits to the website, wherein other visitors in the plurality of visitors that are not in the first subset are eligible to receive chat service during at least one visit to the website; receiving first data indicating which visitors in the first subset of visitors were converted via the website during a first period of time; receiving second data indicating which of the visitors that are not in the first subset of visitors and that received chat service were converted via the website during the first period of time; and causing at least in part the first data and the second data to be processed so as to provide information to a user as to what portion of the visitors in the first subset were converted during the first period of time and to provide information as to what portion of the visitors that are not in the first subset of visitors and that received chat service were converted via the website during the first period of time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for measuring the effect of online chat, the system comprising:
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computer readable medium that stores programmatic code that is configured to; assign a first subset of visitors to a website to a control group, wherein the control group is not to be provided with online chat in order to measure chat effectiveness; receive and store conversion related information for the first subset of visitors; receive and store conversion related information for other visitors to the website that did engage in online chat during a time period when the first subset of visitors was not provided with online via the website; and cause at least in part the conversion related information for the first subset of visitors and the conversion related information for other visitors to the website that did engage in online chat to be processed so as to provide information as to a difference in conversion rates for the control group relative to the visitors that are not in the control group and that received chat service to thereby provide a measure as to the effect chat has on conversions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of measuring networked chat performance, the method comprising:
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assigning a first subset of visitors to a website to a control group, wherein in order to measure chat effectiveness, the control group is not provided with online chat; receiving and storing conversion related information for the first subset of visitors; receiving and storing conversion related information for other visitors to the website that did engage in online chat during a time period when the first subset of visitors was not provided with online via the website; and causing at least in part the conversion related information for the first subset of visitors and the conversion related information for other visitors to the website that did engage in online chat to be processed so as to provide information as to a difference in conversion rates for the control group relative to the visitors that are not in the control group and that received chat service to thereby provide a measure as to the effect chat has on conversions. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of measuring networked chat performance, the method comprising:
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assigning a first subset of visitors to a website to a first group, the first group associated with a first set of one or more chat initiation rules; assigning a second subset of visitors to the website to a second group, the second group associated with a second set of one or more chat initiation rules; receiving and storing conversion related information for the first group; receiving and storing conversion related information for the second group; and causing at least in part the conversion related information for the first group and the conversion related information for the second group to be processed so as to provide information as to relative effectiveness of the first set and the second set with respect to conversions. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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