Method And Apparatus For Remotely Monitoring A Social Website
First Claim
1. A method to remotely monitor a social website, comprising:
- monitoring user activity on a remote social website, resulting in user activity data;
processing the user activity data separate from the social website;
storing the processed user activity data; and
reporting information indicative of the processed user activity data.
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Abstract
A computer method, apparatus, system and computer program product for remotely monitoring a social website includes monitoring user activity (events) and producing user activity data. The resulting data may be processed separately from the social website. The processed user activity data may be stored and information indicative of the data may be reported. Monitoring user activity may be in response to a call from a social website. Thus, a plurality of websites may be monitored and data from these websites may be normalized. Remotely monitoring a plurality of social websites allows the invention system to identify activity/data trends, such as individual or group user trends, or larger societal trends identifiable across the plurality of websites. The invention may monitor user activity in a substantially real-time manner or alternatively may store indicative user activity data for later processing. User activity data may also be encrypted/decrypted and/or authenticated to ensure data integrity.
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38 Claims
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1. A method to remotely monitor a social website, comprising:
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monitoring user activity on a remote social website, resulting in user activity data; processing the user activity data separate from the social website; storing the processed user activity data; and reporting information indicative of the processed user activity data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus to remotely monitor a social website, comprising:
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a monitoring unit configured to monitor user activity on a remote social website, resulting in user activity data; a processing unit configured to process the user activity data separate from the social website; a storage unit configured to store the processed user activity data; and a reporting unit configured to report information indicative of the processed user activity data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer program product for remotely monitoring a social website, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which, when loaded and executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
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monitor user activity on a remote social website, resulting in user activity data; process the user activity data separate from the social website; store the processed user activity data; and report information indicative of the processed user activity data.
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38. A system to remotely monitor a social website, comprising:
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means for monitoring user activity on a remote social website, resulting in user activity data; means for processing the user activity data separate from the social website; means for storing the processed user activity data; and means for reporting information indicative of the processed user activity data.
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