Computer use meter and analyzer
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1. A computer use monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of local computer use meters installed in user computer machines, each including a log of predetermined machine operation events stored in memory of said computer machines, wherein said log of predetermined machine operation events identify titles of open windows and reflects a log of titles of worldwide web pages;
a processing station installed in a computer machine which loads a log of predetermined machine operation events into computer memory;
a database management system installed in a computer machine configured to access, process and generate reports based on the machine operation events stored in said computer memory;
wherein said processing station is linked to said plurality of local computer use meters.
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The subject system measures and reports the use of a personal computer by a user through a log file. The log file includes entries corresponding to predetermined events and can report on the applications used and communication functions engaged in by the user. The log files from one or more computers may be assembled and analyzed in order to ascertain computer use habits for computer software, computer hardware and computer communications. The system may also be used to predict computer use trends and to represent computer use history.
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1. A computer use monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of local computer use meters installed in user computer machines, each including a log of predetermined machine operation events stored in memory of said computer machines, wherein said log of predetermined machine operation events identify titles of open windows and reflects a log of titles of worldwide web pages; a processing station installed in a computer machine which loads a log of predetermined machine operation events into computer memory; a database management system installed in a computer machine configured to access, process and generate reports based on the machine operation events stored in said computer memory; wherein said processing station is linked to said plurality of local computer use meters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer use monitoring method comprising the steps of:
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eavesdropping on operating system messages and indicating receipt of predetermined types of messages responsive to an operating system messaging module; creating and storing an event log responsive to selected operating system messages; transferring one or more event logs from one or more computer systems to a central system; and analyzing the contents of said event logs, wherein said event logs identify titles of open windows and world wide web pages.
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11. A method for determining the nature of computer use by a plurality of computer systems comprising the steps of:
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generating a log of machine operation events in each of a plurality of user computer systems; storing each of the events in said log in the local computer memory of said user computer systems; transferring said stored events from said plurality of user computer systems to a processing station computer; loading said event logs into memory associated with said processing station computer; interpreting said event logs by reference to a dictionary stored in memory associated with said processing station computer; and compiling and reporting said interpreted computer event logs according to specified criteria, wherein said logs identify titles of windows and world wide web pages and said dictionary correlates said titles to identifiable labels. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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