CONTENT DISPLAY MONITOR
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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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79 Claims
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1-66. -66. (canceled)
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67. A system in a computer networked environment for generating monitoring information about a display of content, comprising:
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a first content provider site that stores a first content file, wherein the first content file is associated with at least one computer readable instruction to cause display of content associated with the first content file, and at least one computer readable instruction to cause a request for a second content file; and
a second content provider site that stores the second content file, wherein the second content file is associated with at least one computer readable instruction to display content associated with the second content file with the content associated with the first content file, and the second content file is associated with at least one computer readable monitoring instruction to cause generation of monitoring information relating to the display of the content associated with the second content file; and
a content display site to receive the first content file from the first content provider site, to request the second content file from the second content provider site, to display the content associated with the first content file and the content associated with the second content file substantially simultaneously on a same display, wherein the content display site executes the at least one computer readable monitoring instruction when the second content file is accessed, thereby causing monitoring information about the display of the content associated with the second content file to be collected. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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