NETWORK RESOURCE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A method of measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a data source for a first group of one or more monitored resources, said first group being linked to said communications network;
obtaining a further data source for a second group of one or more monitored resources, each of said second group and said first group linked to said communications network, when said further data source is obtained with respect to a group of monitored users, initially forming a first group of monitored users as a sample group so as to record and measure interactions of users in the sample group; and
combining said data source and said further data source to form a single data source available to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources;
processing the data source and the further data source, wherein the processing of the further data source is in relation to the interactions of the users in the sample group;
_andcalibrating a value based on said data source and said further data source.
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Abstract
A method and system for analysing and measuring multiple sources of data over a communications network (18) so as to ascertain information or usage of one or more resources, such as resource servers (2). A data collection and processing means (20) collects and processes the data sources which are forwarded to a reporting server (34) as a combined data source made available to interested parties.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a data source for a first group of one or more monitored resources, said first group being linked to said communications network; obtaining a further data source for a second group of one or more monitored resources, each of said second group and said first group linked to said communications network, when said further data source is obtained with respect to a group of monitored users, initially forming a first group of monitored users as a sample group so as to record and measure interactions of users in the sample group; and combining said data source and said further data source to form a single data source available to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources; processing the data source and the further data source, wherein the processing of the further data source is in relation to the interactions of the users in the sample group;
_andcalibrating a value based on said data source and said further data source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16)
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8. A system for measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said system comprising:
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a first group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a second group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a data collection and processing means for receiving a data source for said first group of one or more monitored resources, and for receiving a further data source for said second group of one or more monitored resources, wherein the further data source and the data source collected by a collection server means are processed by a processing server means in the data collection and processing means to calibrate a value based on the data source and the further data source; and reporting means for displaying said data source and said further data source as a combined data source to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources. - View Dependent Claims (10, 17)
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9. A system for measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said system comprising:
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a first group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a second group of one or more monitored users; a data collection and processing means for receiving a data source for said first group of one or more monitored resources, and for receiving a further data source for said second group of one or more monitored users, wherein the further data source and the data source collected by the collection server means are processed by a processing server means in the data collection and processing means to calibrate a value based on the data source and the further data source; and reporting means for displaying said data source and said further data source as a combined data source to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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18. A system for measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said system comprising:
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a plurality of resource servers; and an insertion server linking each resource server of said plurality of resource servers to said communications network, such that when a request for a monitored resource from a resource server of said plurality of resource servers is made, measurement code is inserted into said monitored resource by said insertion server for purposes of measuring and analysing usage of the monitored resource.
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