NETWORK RESOURCE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
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1. A method of enabling research in a communications network comprising at least one user computer with an internet browser, the method comparing the step of:
- alerting a proxy setting of the browser of the user computer to divert internet access of the user computer through a proxy server.
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Abstract
A method and system for analysing and measuring multiple sources of data over a communications network (18) so as to ascertain information or usage of one or more resources, such as resource servers (2). A data collection and processing means (20) collects and processes the data sources which are forwarded to a reporting server (34) as a combined data source made available to interested parties.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of enabling research in a communications network comprising at least one user computer with an internet browser, the method comparing the step of:
alerting a proxy setting of the browser of the user computer to divert internet access of the user computer through a proxy server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- 4. A network enabling intercept access by a user computer, characterized in that a connection means on the user computer such that the proxy server is communicably coupled between the connection means to he user computer and any internet site servers in order to monitor internet usage of a user of the user computer.
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6. An apparatus for measuring usage of internet resources, comprising:
a proxy server in a communicable relation with a user browser, the communicable relation effected via a proxy setting of the user browser, such that the user browser is capable of accessing at least one internet resource via the proxy server, and the proxy server is capable of initiating usage measurement of an accessed resource of the at least one internet resource. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method of measuring usage of internet resources comprising the steps of:
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enabling a proxy setting of user'"'"'s browser to reference a location of a proxy server; receiving a request for an internet resource at the proxy server from the user'"'"'s browser; passing the internet resource to the user'"'"'s browser after insertion of a measurement code to monitor usage of the internet resource. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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