Method for measuring web traffic

• US 20090112976A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kevin P. Hutchinson
• Original Assignee: Kevin P. Hutchinson
• Inventors: Hutchinson, Kevin P.
• Application Number:
  US11/978,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5083 wherein the managed service relates to web hosting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method is presented for measuring, analyzing and/or reporting web traffic, predetermined events, and/or user activity on one or more web pages utilizing a landing page having code embedded thereon, wherein the program code is structured to deploy at least one portal element onto the landing page. Further, the portal element is structured to display at least one web page therein, while remaining substantially imperceptible at a client interface. Additionally, the program code is structured to detect a source of the web visit, and other predetermined events, including mouse clicks and other navigation activity.

Claims

1. A method for measuring web traffic, comprising:

submitting a first request from a client interface to at least one web server, wherein the client interface is disposed in a communicative relation with an interactive computer network and the first request includes a source URL corresponding to at least a landing page on a web site comprising a plurality of web pages hosted on the at least one web server, wherein the plurality of web pages include at least one landing page and at least one non-landing page,

initiating a first session with the client interface,

creating a unique session identifier corresponding to the first session,

serving the landing page to the client interface over the interactive computer network,

deploying a portal element on the landing page, wherein the portal element remains substantially imperceptible at the client interface,

identifying a requested web page,

loading the requested web page into the portal element,

detecting at least one predetermined event via a program code embedded on the landing page, and

communicating at least one session data element to a measurement service.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising parsing the source URL via the program code to identify the requested web page.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising parsing the source URL via the program code to identify a marketing campaign associated with the source URL.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one session data element comprises an event identifier corresponding to the at least one predetermined event.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one session data element comprises the unique session identifier.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising compiling a session data set including a plurality of session data elements corresponding to the first session, wherein at least one of the plurality of session data elements includes the unique session identifier, and at least one other of the plurality of session data elements includes an event identifier corresponding to the at least one predetermined event.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising compiling the session data set wherein at least one of the plurality of session data elements includes a web page identifier corresponding to the web page loaded into the portal element.

8. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising compiling the session data set wherein at least one of the plurality of session data elements includes at least one client data element.

9. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising compiling the session data set wherein at least one of the plurality of session data elements includes at least one unique web site identifier.

10. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising communicating the session data set to the measurement service.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising analyzing the session data set by the measurement service.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising generating a data report corresponding to the session data set communicated to the measurement service.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising deploying at least one auxiliary module at the client interface in response to the analysis of the session data set.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising transmitting an auxiliary code to the landing page in response to the analysis of the session data set, wherein the auxiliary code is structured to deploy the at least one auxiliary module on the landing page.

15. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising facilitating interaction with the web site by the client interface via the auxiliary module.

16. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising creating a unique client identifier.

17. The method as recited in claim 16 further comprising submitting a subsequent request from the client interface to the web server, wherein the subsequent request includes a URL corresponding to at least one of the plurality of web pages.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 comprising initiating a subsequent session corresponding to the subsequent request.

19. The method as recited in claim 18 further comprising linking the subsequent session with predetermined events detected in the first session at least via the unique client identifier.

20. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising hard-coding the requested web page within the program code of the landing page.

21. A method for measuring web traffic, comprising:

submitting a first request from a client interface to at least one web server, wherein the client interface is disposed in a communicative relation with an interactive computer network and the first request includes a source URL corresponding to at least a landing page on a web site hosted on the at least one web server, wherein the web site comprises a plurality of web pages including at least one landing page and at least one non-landing page,

initiating a first session with the client interface,

creating a unique client identifier corresponding to the client interface,

serving the landing page to the client interface over the interactive computer network,

deploying a portal element on the landing page, wherein the portal element is structured to remain substantially imperceptible at the client interface,

identifying a requested web page,

loading the requested web page into a portal element,

detecting at least one predetermined event via a program code embedded on the landing page, and

communicating at least one session data element to a measurement service.

22. A method for measuring web traffic, comprising:

submitting a first request from a client interface to at least one web server, wherein the client interface is disposed in a communicative relation with an interactive computer network and the first request includes a source URL corresponding to at least a landing page on a web site hosted on the at least one web server, wherein the web site comprises a plurality of web pages including at least one landing page and at least one non-landing page,

creating a unique session identifier corresponding to the first session,

creating a unique client identifier corresponding to the client interface,

serving the landing page to the client interface over the interactive computer network,

identifying a requested web page,

loading the requested web page into a portal element deployed on the landing page, wherein the portal element remains substantially imperceptible at the client interface,

detecting at least one predetermined event via a program code embedded on the landing page,

compiling a session data set comprising a plurality of session data elements corresponding to the first session, wherein at least one of the plurality of session data elements includes the unique session identifier, and at least a different one of the plurality of session data elements includes an event identifier corresponding to the at least one predetermined event, and

communicating the session data set to a measurement service.