Use of browser history file to determine web site reach
First Claim
1. A method of metering a Web site, the method comprising:
- loading a first monitoring application on a device to be monitored without modifying a browser on the device, wherein the monitoring application is separate from the browser;
retrieving, using the first monitoring application, a reference to a Web site from a history stored by the browser on the device, the history representative of Web sites accessed using the browser, the reference stored by the browser before the monitoring application is loaded, wherein the history stores the reference to the Web site in response to the browser accessing the Web site; and
providing the reference to a second application different from the first monitoring application.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for using a browser history file to determine web site reach are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a message from a first computer at a second computer after a browser history at the first computer is populated with information, wherein the message includes an identity indication of the first computer and the browser history is maintained by browser functionality native to the browser and sending an application to the first computer from the second computer in response to the message, wherein, when the application is executed at the first computer, the application accesses the browser history, extracts a portion of the browser history, and inserts the extracted portion of the browser history into a communication directed to a third computer.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of metering a Web site, the method comprising:
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loading a first monitoring application on a device to be monitored without modifying a browser on the device, wherein the monitoring application is separate from the browser; retrieving, using the first monitoring application, a reference to a Web site from a history stored by the browser on the device, the history representative of Web sites accessed using the browser, the reference stored by the browser before the monitoring application is loaded, wherein the history stores the reference to the Web site in response to the browser accessing the Web site; and providing the reference to a second application different from the first monitoring application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tangible computer readable storage disc or storage device, the storage medium comprising a first monitoring application comprising instructions that, when executed, cause an electronic device to at least:
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retrieve a reference to a Web site from a history stored by a browser on the electronic device, the history representative of Web sites accessed using the browser, the history to store the reference to the Web site in response to the browser accessing the Web site, the reference stored by the browser before the first monitoring application is loaded, the first monitoring application being separate from the browser; and provide the reference to a second application different from the first monitoring application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of metering a Web site comprising:
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receiving a message from a first computer at a second computer after a browser history at the first computer is populated with information, wherein the message includes an identity indication of the first computer and the browser history is maintained by browser functionality native to the browser; and sending an application to the first computer from the second computer in response to the message, wherein, when the application is executed at the first computer, the application accesses the browser history, extracts a portion of the browser history, and inserts the extracted portion of the browser history into a communication directed to a third computer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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