Customized web browsing and marketing software with local events statistics database
First Claim
1. Customized software stored in computer readable medium comprising:
- browser software for distribution by a publisher to be used by an end-user on an end-user'"'"'s computer having a fixed storage means and interface with a network server using a network, said browser software comprising;
a graphical user interface (GUI) component for controlling a browser on the end-user'"'"'s computer, said GUI component stored on said fixed storage means;
an installation software program operable to install said GUI component on the end-user'"'"'s computer and said GUI includes means for displaying at least one customized screen display area on the end-user'"'"'s computer which is customized for the publisher;
publisher content that is at least partially installable on the end-user'"'"'s computer;
a means for monitoring end-user behavior and maintaining a local event statistics database of end-user behavior on the end user'"'"'s computer; and
a means for detecting a network connection and transmitting at least a portion of said local event statistics database to the network server.
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Abstract
The invention includes customized software to be used on an end-user computer having fixed storage and an interface with a network server using a network. A GUI component controls a browser which accesses publisher content that is at least partially installed on the fixed storage. Software is provided for monitoring end-user behavior, on-line and off-line, and maintaining a local event statistics database of the end-user behavior including event data related to end-user events. Software is provided for detecting a network connection and transmitting at least a portion of the local event statistics database to the network server. Software is provided for compiling summary information from the local event statistics database wherein the summary information comprises the portion of the local event statistics database. E-mail grabbing software automatically examines each URL loaded in the browser and locates and saves E-mail addresses, URL, title pages, last modified date, and any keywords present in a <META> tag of the E-mail URL to a searchable local E-mail database on the end-user'"'"'s computer. An analysis program on the network server receives and analyzes local event data from the local event statistics databases and stores results from the analysis program into a statistics database on a statistics server accessible through the network server.
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47 Claims
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1. Customized software stored in computer readable medium comprising:
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browser software for distribution by a publisher to be used by an end-user on an end-user'"'"'s computer having a fixed storage means and interface with a network server using a network, said browser software comprising;
a graphical user interface (GUI) component for controlling a browser on the end-user'"'"'s computer, said GUI component stored on said fixed storage means;
an installation software program operable to install said GUI component on the end-user'"'"'s computer and said GUI includes means for displaying at least one customized screen display area on the end-user'"'"'s computer which is customized for the publisher;
publisher content that is at least partially installable on the end-user'"'"'s computer;
a means for monitoring end-user behavior and maintaining a local event statistics database of end-user behavior on the end user'"'"'s computer; and
a means for detecting a network connection and transmitting at least a portion of said local event statistics database to the network server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. Customized software stored in machine readable medium comprising:
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browser software for distribution by a publisher to be used by an end-user on an end-user'"'"'s computer having a fixed storage means and interface with a network server using a network, said browser software comprising;
a graphical user interface (GUI) component for controlling a browser on the end-user'"'"'s computer, said GUI component stored on said fixed storage means;
an installation software program operable to install said GUI component on the end-user'"'"'s computer and said GUI includes means for displaying at least one customized screen display area on the end-user'"'"'s computer which is customized for the publisher;
publisher content that is at least partially installable on the end-user'"'"'s computer; and
a means for monitoring end-user behavior and maintaining a local event statistics database of end-user behavior on the end-user'"'"'s computer wherein said end-user behavior includes end-user behavior on-line and when viewing locally stored files off-line;
wherein said end-user behavior includes end-user behavior on-line and when viewing locally stored files off-line.
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35. A browser system comprising:
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an end-user computer;
said end-user computer including a fixed storage means for fixedly storing files, a retrieving means for retrieving files from a removable storage means, and a network connecting means for connecting said end-user computer to a network;
publisher'"'"'s content stored on at least one of said fixed and removable storage means;
browser software stored on said end-user computer, said browser software comprising;
a graphical user interface (GUI) component for controlling a browser on the end-user computer, said GUI component stored on said fixed storage means;
said GUI component includes means for displaying at least one customized screen display area on the end-user computer which is customized for a publisher;
a means for monitoring end-user behavior and maintaining a local event statistics database of end-user behavior; and
a means for detecting a network connection and transmitting at least a portion of said local event statistics database to said network server. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. Password managing software for use with a browser software and stored in machine readable format, said password managing software comprising:
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a recording means for an end-user to record a script of a sequence of keystrokes performed to log-in to a password secured address on a computer system;
a means for saving the script to a local script database, a means for generating a log-in script from said script in said local script database which the browser software runs whenever the browser software detects the end-user navigating to the password secured address; and
a means for automatically logging the end-user in to the password secured address. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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