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Apparatus for monitoring individual internet usage

  • US 6,505,201 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/1999
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A local device comprising a display and an input device for providing browsing to a user by means of a browser application on a client computer, and further for monitoring web browsing by the user by means of a client application,(a) the browser application comprising computer readable program code and operative on the local device for generating a browser window on the display and for requesting web pages, the browser window including a display pane comprising a first region of the browser window wherein the browser application causes web pages obtained by the browser application to be displayed, the displayed web pages having associated therewith respective resource locator strings, the browser application defining an address bar object in which, at any given time, the browser application stores the resource locator string corresponding to the then-displayed web page, the browser application comprising computer readable program code for causing the local device to:

  • (1) accept a request by the user, using the input device, for the browser application to display a first web page from a web server;

    (2) request the first web page from the web server;

    (3) receive the first web page from the web server;

    (4) display the first web page in the display pane;

    (5) store in the address bar object a first resource locator string corresponding to the first web page;

    (b) the client application comprising computer readable program code for causing the local device to;

    (1) obtain the first resource locator string from the address bar object;

    (2) derive monitoring information from the first resource locator string;

    (3) transmit the monitoring information to a monitoring server;

    whereby browsing by the user is monitored without interfering with the user'"'"'s use of the browser application.

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