Content Display Monitoring by a Processing System
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
- means for monitoring the position of the content display on a display screen of the computer system; and
means for evaluating the position of the content display on the display screen to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content.
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Abstract
The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displayed content by an observer. The invention can also enable monitoring of the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site. Additionally, the invention can enable the expeditious provision of updated and/or tailored content over a network from a content provider site to a content display site so that the content provider'"'"'s current and appropriately tailored content is always displayed at the content display site. Aspects of the invention related to transfer of content over a network are generally applicable to any type of network. However, it is contemplated that the invention can be particularly useful with a computer network, including private computer networks (e.g., America Online™) and public computer networks (e.g., the Internet). In particular, the invention can be advantageously used with computer networks or portions of computer networks over which video and/or audio content are transferred from one network site to another network site for observation, such as the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.
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66 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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means for monitoring the position of the content display on a display screen of the computer system; and
means for evaluating the position of the content display on the display screen to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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means for monitoring the change in time of a characteristic of the content display; and
means for evaluating the change in time of the characteristic of the content display to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system for monitoring the display of content by a computer system, wherein the content is displayed in response to an instruction that is provided from a source external to the computer system and the system for monitoring, comprising:
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means for ascertaining the beginning of a display of the content;
means for ascertaining the end of a display of the content; and
means for monitoring the display of the content, wherein;
the means for monitoring begins operating when the beginning of a display of the content is ascertained; and
the means for monitoring stops operating when the end of a display of the content is ascertained. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for monitoring the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site, comprising:
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means for monitoring the display of the content to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content; and
means for transferring the means for monitoring from the content provider site to the content display site in response to the transfer of content from a content provider site. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for monitoring the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site, wherein the network operates according to a protocol that enables new content to be transferred to a content display site in response to selection of a portion of the content currently being displayed at the content display site, the system comprising:
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means for monitoring the display of the content to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content; and
means for transferring the means for monitoring from the content provider site to the content display site so that the means for monitoring operates at the content provider site. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for monitoring the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site, comprising:
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means for monitoring the display of the content to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content; and
means for transferring the monitoring information from the content display site to a remote site of the computer network that is different from the content provider site. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for providing updated and/or tailored content from a first content provider site to a content display site, comprising:
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means for transferring content from the first content provider site to a second content provider site;
means for recognizing the presence of updated and/or tailored content stored at the first content provider site, wherein the means for transferring content transfers the updated and/or tailored content from the first content provider site to the second content provider site in response to recognition of the presence of updated and/or tailored content at the first content provider site; and
means for transferring content from the second content provider site to the content display site when such content is requested by the content display site. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling the monitoring of the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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instructions for monitoring the position of the content display on a display screen of the computer system; and
instructions for evaluating the position of the content display on the display screen to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling the monitoring of the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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instructions for monitoring the change in time of a characteristic of the content display; and
instructions for evaluating the change in time of the characteristic of the content display to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content. - View Dependent Claims (58)
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59. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling the monitoring of the display of content by a computer system, for use with a computer system in which the content is displayed in response to a content display instruction that is provided from a source external to the computer system and not part of the monitoring computer program, comprising:
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instructions for ascertaining the beginning of a display of the content;
instructions for ascertaining the end of a display of the content; and
instructions for monitoring the display of the content, wherein;
the instructions for monitoring begin executing when the beginning of a display of the content is ascertained; and
the instructions for monitoring stop executing when the end of a display of the content is ascertained. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling the monitoring of the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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instructions for causing the content to be displayed by the computer system; and
instructions for monitoring the display of content by the computer system to produce monitoring information regarding the display of the content.
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65. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling the monitoring of the display of content at a content display site, comprising:
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instructions, adapted for use at the content display site, for monitoring the display of content at the content display site to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content; and
instructions for receiving monitoring information from the content display site.
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66. A method for monitoring the display of content by a computer system, comprising:
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monitoring the position of the content display on a display screen of the computer system; and
evaluating the position of the content display on the display screen to produce monitoring information regarding display of the content.
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Specification