Interactive service device metering systems
First Claim
1. A metering system comprising:
- a data acquisition module to monitor communications of one or more computing devices without intercepting communications of the one or more computing devices, wherein the data acquisition module is to;
process the monitored communications to distinguish between communications associated with on-line activity of the one or more computing devices and communications associated with off-line activity of the one or more computing devices; and
meter data associated with the on-line activity and the off-line activity based on whether the monitored communications is associated with the on-line activity or the off-line activity.
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Abstract
A metering system meters usage of on-line and local services by way of interactive service devices. An example metering system includes a first data acquisition module configured to copy usage data associated with a first interactive service device and a second data acquisition module configured to copy usage data associated with a second interactive service device different than the first interactive service device. Each of the data acquisition modules is configured to distinguish between on-line communications associated with access to an on-line service and local communications associated with a local application program. In addition, each data acquisition module is configured to extract the usage data based whether an on-line communication or a local communication is identified.
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75 Claims
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1. A metering system comprising:
a data acquisition module to monitor communications of one or more computing devices without intercepting communications of the one or more computing devices, wherein the data acquisition module is to; process the monitored communications to distinguish between communications associated with on-line activity of the one or more computing devices and communications associated with off-line activity of the one or more computing devices; and meter data associated with the on-line activity and the off-line activity based on whether the monitored communications is associated with the on-line activity or the off-line activity. - 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)
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26. A computer-implemented method of metering usage data comprising:
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monitoring communications of one or more computing devices without intercepting communications of the one or more computing devices, wherein the communications are associated with on-line activity of one or more of the computing devices and with off-line activity of one or more of the computing devices; processing, using a processor, monitored communications to distinguish between communications associated with the on-line activity and communications associated with the off-line activity; and metering data associated with the on-line activity and the off-line activity based on whether monitored communications are associated with the on-line activity or the off-line activity. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A machine readable storage device or storage disc having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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monitor communications of one or more computing devices without intercepting communications of the one or more computing devices, wherein the communications are associated with on-line activity of one or more of the computing devices and with off-line activity of one or more of the computing devices; process monitored communications to distinguish between communications associated with the on-line activity and communications associated with the off-line activity; and meter data or associated with the on-line activity and the off-line activity based on whether monitored communications are associated with the on-line activity or the off-line activity. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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