IDENTIFIER VALIDATION AND DEBUGGING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving information from a web publisher related to a presentation of a web property responsive to a user request, the information including an identifier associated with the content presented and an identifier associated with the user that viewed the web property;
validating the information that was received from the web publisher and that is related to the presentation of the web property, the validating including determining when the information is properly encoded and/or formatted by comparing the information to data stored in a separate information source that is provided by the web publisher, wherein the information includes one or more of the identifier and a description associated with the content presented; and
when the information is unable to be validated, storing a record indicative of any invalid information.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method are provided where the method includes receiving information from a web publisher related to a presentation of a web property responsive to a user request, the information including an identifier associated with the content presented and an identifier associated with the user that viewed the web property; validating the information, including comparing the information to a separate information source that is provided by the web publisher including determining when the information is properly encoded and/or formatted; and when the information is unable to be validated, storing a record indicative of any invalid information.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information from a web publisher related to a presentation of a web property responsive to a user request, the information including an identifier associated with the content presented and an identifier associated with the user that viewed the web property; validating the information that was received from the web publisher and that is related to the presentation of the web property, the validating including determining when the information is properly encoded and/or formatted by comparing the information to data stored in a separate information source that is provided by the web publisher, wherein the information includes one or more of the identifier and a description associated with the content presented; and when the information is unable to be validated, storing a record indicative of any invalid information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, coincident with a presentation of a web resource, information from a web publisher associated with the web resource that identifies tag attributes to be associated with a user viewing the web resource; validating the information that was received from the web publisher and that is associated with the web resource that identifies tag attributes to be associated with the user viewing the web resource, the validating including validating one or more of the tag attributes against data stored in a separate information source that includes feed attributes where the feed attributes are used in developing one or more user lists, each user list being associated with a respective feed attribute and including respective identifiers for one or more users that are associated with the user list and are characterized by the respective feed attribute; and when the information is invalid, providing a report to the web publisher that includes invalid information.
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16. A system comprising:
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one or more computers; and one or more computer-readable storage devices, coupled to the one or more computers, to perform operations comprising; receiving information from a web publisher related to a presentation of a web property responsive to a user request, the information including an identifier associated with the content presented and an identifier associated with the user that viewed the web property; validating the information that was received from the web publisher and that is related to the presentation of the web property, the validating including determining when the information is properly encoded and/or formatted by comparing the information to data stored in a separate information source that is provided by the web publisher, wherein the information includes one or more of the identifier and a description associated with the content presented; and when the information is unable to be validated, storing a record indicative of any invalid information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving information from a web publisher related to a presentation of a web property responsive to a user request, the information including an identifier associated with the content presented and an identifier associated with the user that viewed the web property; validating the information that was received from the web publisher and that is related to the presentation of the web property, the validating including determining when the information is properly encoded and/or formatted by comparing the information to data stored in a separate information source that is provided by the web publisher, wherein the information includes one or more of the identifier and a description associated with the content presented; and when the information is unable to be validated, storing a record indicative of any invalid information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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Specification