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System and method for monitoring and analyzing internet traffic

  • US 9,185,016 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2013
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • accessing visitor data from a log file that is separate from a persistent database storing visitor data content describing web traffic activity for a web server, the visitor data comprising log lines, each log line including data specifying a particular web page requested by a visitor, a time stamp associated with the request, and a visitor identifier;

    for each log line;

    determining, from the time stamp, whether the time stamp corresponds to a current period defining a first time period during which visitors visited the website and for which visitor data is stored in a buffer or a new period defining a second time period during which visitors visited the website and for which visitor data is not stored in the buffer, wherein the first time period is different from the second time period, and only in response to the time stamp corresponding to the new period, loading, from the persistent database, the buffer with all visitor data content for the new period;

    accessing a visitor record that corresponds to the visitor identifier, the visitor record stored in the buffer; and

    updating the visitor record corresponding to the visitor identifier with the data specifying the particular web page requested by a visitor, the time stamp associated with the request;

    wherein the data specifying the particular web page requested by a visitor is inserted into the visitor record at an ordinal position based on the time stamp for the particular web page requested relative to time stamps of other web pages requested specified by other log lines for the visitor identifier.

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