Method and apparatus for real-time reporting of electronic commerce activity
First Claim
1. A method for tracking and reporting electronic commerce activity over a web site comprising:
- configuring a first server to serve a commercial web page over a wide area network to a consumer at a visitor computer, said commercial web page having data fields reflecting commercial transaction activity;
operating data mining code associated with the web page at the visitor computer to obtain technical data and to obtain commercial data input by the consumer at the visitor computer; and
receiving technical and commercial data from the visitor computer responsive to action by the data mining code at a second server, wherein the first server is further configured to receive a completed web page, generate an order confirmation web page incorporating the commerce information from the data fields of the completed web page, said order confirmation web page including the data mining code, and upload the order confirmation web page to the visitor computer.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for tracking and reporting electronic commerce activity over a web site that is stored on a first server coupled to a wide area network. The web page is programmed to include data fields reflecting commerce transaction activity and data mining code. The web page is uploaded to a visitor computer responsive to a request over the wide area network from the visitor computer. Commerce information is accepted within the data fields of the web page at the visitor computer to form a completed web page. The data mining code is operated on the visitor computer to obtain technical and commercial data and sent to a second server on the wide area network for logging and analysis.
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1. A method for tracking and reporting electronic commerce activity over a web site comprising:
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configuring a first server to serve a commercial web page over a wide area network to a consumer at a visitor computer, said commercial web page having data fields reflecting commercial transaction activity; operating data mining code associated with the web page at the visitor computer to obtain technical data and to obtain commercial data input by the consumer at the visitor computer; and receiving technical and commercial data from the visitor computer responsive to action by the data mining code at a second server, wherein the first server is further configured to receive a completed web page, generate an order confirmation web page incorporating the commerce information from the data fields of the completed web page, said order confirmation web page including the data mining code, and upload the order confirmation web page to the visitor computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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