Managing page-level usage data

• US 9,398,071 B1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Burciu, Alexandru, Dumitrascu, Aurel, Kohlmeier, Sebastian, Tronciu, Alexandru
• Primary Examiner(s): Nano, Sargon
• Application Number:
  US13/753,487
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/203, 709/223, 709/224, 715/772, 715/853, 370/252
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate management and monitoring of page-level usage data. Specifically, a client computing device may retrieve content from a remote system for local display. A local interaction monitoring component may monitor local interaction with the content, and transmit local interaction information to the remote system. In one embodiment, interaction may be monitored with regard to predefined portions of the content. In another embodiment, interaction may be transmitted to the remote server for processing, in order to generate page-level usage data. In still more embodiments, page level-usage data may be processed or formatted in order to facilitate ease of retrieval and display. In yet more embodiments, the remote system may enable clients, such as administrators, to view aggregate page-level usage data why viewing a corresponding content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating page-level usage data corresponding to interaction with an item of content, the computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,

transmitting, from the computing system, a content item for output on a client computing device that is distinct from the computing system;

receiving, at the computing system, local interaction information from the client computing device, the local interaction information indicating a set of local interaction events implemented locally on the client computing device, during output of the content item, to modify the output of the content item on the client computing device;

generating a replay environment, on the computing system, in which to recreate the set of local interaction events;

loading the content item within the replay environment generated on the computing system;

for individual local interaction events within the set of local interaction events;

replaying the individual local interaction event, as previously implemented locally on the client computing device, within the replay environment generated on the computing system; and

monitoring a state of the content item loaded within the replay environment generated on the computing system to determine at least a portion of the content item that was output by the client computing device during implementation of the individual local interaction event on the client computing device;

based on monitoring the replay environment, generating, at the computing system, information indicative of individual portions of the content item determined to be output by the client computing device during implementation of the set of local interaction events on the client computing device; and

storing said information within data storage of the computing system as page-level usage data.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content item corresponds to a web page.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the local interaction information comprises at least one of dimensions of output of the content item on the client computing device, a time of output of the content item on the client computing device, or timing information corresponding to the set of local interaction events.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of local interaction events comprises at least one of outputting the content item, scrolling the content item, focusing or defocusing the content item, resizing the content item, or halting output of the content item.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content item comprises a plurality of horizontal stripes, a horizontal stripe corresponding to a portion of the content item of a specific height.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating, at the computing system, information indicative of individual portions of the content item output during the set of local interaction events comprises generating, at the computing system, information indicative of individual horizontal stripes output during the set of local interaction events.

7. A system for generating usage data regarding client interaction with an item of content, the system comprising:

a computing system including one or more computing devices configured to;

receive, from a client computing device distinct from the computing system, information indicating a set of local interaction events implemented locally on the client computing device to modify the output of a content item on the client computing device;

replay individual interaction events within the received set of local interaction events, as previously implemented on the client computing device, within an environment distinct from the client computing device and generated on the computing system;

monitor the replay of the set of interaction events within the replay environment generated on the computing system to determine portions of the content item that were output by the client computing device during implementation of the set of local interaction events on the client computing device; and

based said monitoring, generate information indicative of the portions of the content item determined to be output by the client computing device during implementation of the set of local interaction events on the client computing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the received information further indicates remote interaction information generated based on interaction between the client computing device and a remote computing device.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to transmit the content item to the client computing device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to generate the environment distinct from the client computing device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the environment distinct from the client computing device includes a web browser application.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to generate the environment distinct from the client computing device based at least in part on loading the content item into the web browser application.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the generated information comprises an indication of a total time individual portions of the content item were output during the set of interaction events, whether individual portions of the content item were output for at least a threshold amount of time, or a movement speed of the content during output of individual portions of the content item.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the information indicating the set of local interaction events is generated by the client computing device at least in part by instructions within the content item.

15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable modules for generating usage data regarding client interaction with an item of content, the computer-executable modules comprising:

an interaction replay module that, when executed by a computing system, causes the computing system to;

receive, from a client computing device distinct from the computing system, information indicating a set of local interaction events implemented locally on the client computing device to modify the output of the item of content on the client computing device;

replay individual interaction events within the received set of local interaction events, as previously implemented on the client computing device, within an environment generated on the computing system and distinct from the client computing device;

monitor the replay of the set of interaction events within the replay environment generated on the computing system to determine portions of the item of content that were output by the client computing device during implementation of the set of local interaction events on the client computing device; and

based said monitoring, generate information indicative of the portions of the item of content determined to be output by the client computing device during implementation of the set of local interaction events on the client computing device.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the interaction replay module further causes the computing system to transmit the item of content to the client computing device.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the interaction replay module is further configured to generate the environment distinct from the client computing device.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the set of interaction events comprises at least one of outputting the item of content, scrolling the item of content, resizing the item of content, focusing or defocusing the item of content, or halting output of the item of content.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the information indicating a set of local interaction events is generated by the client computing device at least in part by instructions within the content item.

20. A computer-implemented method for generating usage data regarding client interaction with a content item, the computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,

receiving, from a client computing device distinct from the computing system, information indicating a set of local interaction events implemented locally on the client computing device to modify the output of the content item on the client computing device;

for at least a portion of the interaction events within the received set of local interaction events;

replaying the interaction event, as previously implemented on the client computing device, within an environment generated on the computing system and distinct from the client computing device; and

monitoring the replaying of the interaction event within the replay environment generated on the computing system to determine at least a portion of the content item output by the replay environment during replay of the interaction event on the replay environment; and

based said monitoring, generating information indicative of individual portions of the content item output by the replay environment during replay of the set of interaction events on the replay environment.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the information indicating the set of local interaction events includes at least one of dimensions of output of the content item on the client computing device, a time of output of the content item on the client computing device, or timing information corresponding to the set of interaction events.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the generated information comprises an indication of a total time individual portions of the content item were output during the set of interaction events, whether individual portions of the content item were output for at least a threshold amount of time, or a movement speed of the content during output of individual portions of the content item.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the information indicating the set of local interaction events is generated at least in part by instructions within the content item.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the received information further indicates remote interaction information generated based on interaction between the client computing device and a remote computing device.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 20 further comprising transmitting the content item to the client computing device.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 20 further comprising generating the environment distinct from the client computing device.