Graphical user interface and web site evaluation tool for customizing web sites
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource, wherein said resource includes a plurality of objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of objects of interest are linked by a navigation structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- accessing structural data regarding the navigation structure of the objects of interest in a resource, wherein said resource is a web-site;
defining a task as a predetermined sequence of accesses to one or more objects of interest of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein an object of interest is a web-page;
accessing session data representative of one or more sessions of user interaction with the resource where a session identifies a sequence of user accesses to one or more of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein at least one of the user accesses is to an object of interest that is not in the task sequence;
graphically displaying a hierarchical representation of objects of interest and their navigation structure, overlaid with a representation of the paths taken in the user accesses to perform the task.
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Abstract
An invention for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource wherein the resource includes a plurality of correlated or uncorrelated objects. The method consists of providing a number of graphical formats from which a format is selected for display of patterns of utilization. Additionally, a query is submitted regarding a particular utilization of the resource. Along with the selected format and query inputs, the invention receives information regarding utilization of the resource from a system. Once the invention receives the inputs and the utilization information from the system, the invention processes the information to a format that conforms with the inputs. The invention then displays the processed information in the selected graphical format. The invention also allows the selection of a second graphical format from the graphical formats for altering the display to show the processed information in the second selected format.
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1. A computer-implemented method for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource, wherein said resource includes a plurality of objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of objects of interest are linked by a navigation structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing structural data regarding the navigation structure of the objects of interest in a resource, wherein said resource is a web-site; defining a task as a predetermined sequence of accesses to one or more objects of interest of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein an object of interest is a web-page; accessing session data representative of one or more sessions of user interaction with the resource where a session identifies a sequence of user accesses to one or more of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein at least one of the user accesses is to an object of interest that is not in the task sequence; graphically displaying a hierarchical representation of objects of interest and their navigation structure, overlaid with a representation of the paths taken in the user accesses to perform the task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource, wherein said resource includes a plurality of objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of objects of interest are linked by a navigation structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing structural data regarding the navigation structure of the objects of interest in a resource, wherein said resource is a web-site; defining a task sequence as a predetermined sequence of accesses to one or more objects of interest of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein an object of interest is a web-page; accessing session data representative of one or more sessions of user interaction with the resource where a session identifies a sequence of user accesses to said one or more of said plurality of objects of interest, wherein at least one of the user accesses is to an object of interest that is not in the task sequence; filtering the data representative of one or more sequences of user accesses to include only a set of sessions based on a filter criteria by comparing the task sequence to the data representative of one or more sequences of user accesses; and graphically displaying a hierarchical representation of objects of interest and their navigation structure, overlaid with a representation of the filtered session usage data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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