Method, Apparatus and System for Visualizing User's Web Page Browsing Behavior
First Claim
1. A visual method for tracking a user'"'"'s webpage browsing behavior, the method comprising:
- gathering data related to the user'"'"'s mouse clicks with respect to a webpage;
determining a respective number of times the user clicked in each section of a plurality of sections of the webpage based on the gathered data;
matching each section of the webpage with the respective number of times to establish correlations; and
displaying the correlations.
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Abstract
A visual technique for tracking user'"'"'s webpage browsing behavior is provided. In one aspect, a method includes: gathering data related to the user'"'"'s mouse clicks; determining a respective number of times the user accessed each section of a plurality of sections of a webpage based on the gathered data; matching each section of the webpage with the respective number of times to establish correlations; and displaying the correlations. A visual mechanism and system for monitoring how users browse the webpage are also described. The disclosed technique will help determine the amount of time and attention a user spends on a particular webpage, and how these correspond to the content of the site. As a result, the user'"'"'s level of attention to the webpage can be clearly displayed.
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17 Claims
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1. A visual method for tracking a user'"'"'s webpage browsing behavior, the method comprising:
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gathering data related to the user'"'"'s mouse clicks with respect to a webpage; determining a respective number of times the user clicked in each section of a plurality of sections of the webpage based on the gathered data; matching each section of the webpage with the respective number of times to establish correlations; and displaying the correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus that visualizes a user'"'"'s webpage browsing behavior, the apparatus comprising:
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a computation module that computes a number of times the user clicked in each of a plurality of sections of a webpage based on data related to the user'"'"'s mouse clicks, the webpage divided into the plurality of sections according to contents of the webpage; a matching module that matches a given section of the webpage with a respective number of times that the user clicked in the given section; and a display module that displays the matching of the given section of the webpage with a respective number of times that the user clicked in the given section. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system that visualizes a user'"'"'s webpage browsing behavior, the system comprising:
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a data gathering server that gathers data related to a user'"'"'s mouse clicks with respect to a webpage; a data analysis server that computes a number of times the user clicked in each of a plurality of sections of the webpage using the data gathered by the data gathering server, the webpage divided into the plurality of sections according to contents of the webpage, the data gathering server matching a given section of the webpage with a respective number of times that the user clicked in the given section; and a first web server that displays a matching result of the data analysis server. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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