Retrieval Mechanism for Web Visit Simulator
First Claim
1. A method for simulating interaction with web pages by a visitor, the method comprising:
- retrieving a request for a related visit;
determining an attribute for a visit being presented to the user;
retrieving information for another visit having a similar attribute to the visit being presented to the user; and
displaying the information for another visit to the user.
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Abstract
A system creates and shows a display that simulates the websites during a visit, the flow of the visit and the pace of the visit. The system includes a web analytics tool, a data storage, a focus group module, a virtual focus group user interface module and a “More Like This” module. The focus group module interacts with the web analytics tool to extract information related to a particular visit by a visitor. The virtual focus group user interface module creates a user interface that presents a depiction of each website visited and displays those depictions to the user at a pace similar to the visitor'"'"'s actual interaction with the websites. The user interface also includes input mechanisms to select a particular portion of the visit, modify the pace at which the depictions are presented, as well as other functionality. The “More Like This” module is coupled to the web analytics tool, the focus group module and the virtual focus group user interface module. The “More Like This” module determines the visit being simulated by the virtual focus group user interface module and retrieves another visit having similar attributes. The “More Like This” module retrieves the other visit having similar attributes by interacting with the web analytics tool or by controlling the focus group module.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for simulating interaction with web pages by a visitor, the method comprising:
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retrieving a request for a related visit; determining an attribute for a visit being presented to the user; retrieving information for another visit having a similar attribute to the visit being presented to the user; and displaying the information for another visit to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for simulating interaction with web pages by a visitor, the system comprising:
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a web analytics tool including data regarding visits, visitors and web pages; a user interface module for generating a display that simulates web pages accessed during a visit, including a flow of the visit and a pace of the visit in transitioning between web pages, the user interface module coupled to the web analytics tool; and a related visit module for retrieving another visit with similar attributes to the visit simulated by the user interface module, the related visit module coupled to the web analytics tool and the user interface module. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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