Data tracking using IP address filtering over a wide area network
First Claim
1. A method for generating web traffic reports comprising the steps of:
- presetting IP filters;
storing a web page on a first server coupled to a wide area network, said web page including data mining code;
uploading the web page to a visitor computer responsive to a request over the wide area network from the visitor computer, said visitor computer having a designated IP address;
operating the data mining code on the visitor computer to obtain technical data;
receiving at a second server the technical data and the IP address of the visitor computer and generating a log file incorporating the technical data and IP address;
applying the IP filters to the IP address stored in the log file; and
generating a database file from the log file responsive to the IP filters.
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Abstract
The preferred method for implementing the invention includes presetting IP filters and storing a web page on a first server coupled to a wide area network, whereby the web page including data mining code. The web page would then be uploaded to a visitor computer responsive to a request over the wide area network from the visitor computer, whereby the visitor computer would have a designated IP address. The data mining code would then be operated on the visitor computer to obtain technical data. A subsequent step would be receiving at a second server the technical data and the IP address of the visitor computer and generating a log file incorporating the technical data and IP address. The IP filters would be applied to the IP address stored in the log file and a database file would then be generated from the log file responsive to the IP filters.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for generating web traffic reports comprising the steps of:
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presetting IP filters; storing a web page on a first server coupled to a wide area network, said web page including data mining code; uploading the web page to a visitor computer responsive to a request over the wide area network from the visitor computer, said visitor computer having a designated IP address; operating the data mining code on the visitor computer to obtain technical data; receiving at a second server the technical data and the IP address of the visitor computer and generating a log file incorporating the technical data and IP address; applying the IP filters to the IP address stored in the log file; and generating a database file from the log file responsive to the IP filters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A network comprising:
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a visitor node having a browser program coupled to said network, said visitor node providing requests for information on said network; a web site node having a respective web site responsive to requests for information from said visitor node to provide media content and data mining code to said visitor node; a tracking node including a log file and a database, said tracking node responsive to a communication from said visitor node based upon said data mining code to store visitor data obtained from said visitor node into said log file; and a filter node responsive to said visitor data based on a filter to select said visitor data for storage in a database, whereby said database is accessible by an owner of said web site node to view relevant traffic data to the web site node. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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