User interface providing summary information or a status pane in a web analytics tool

• US 7,941,394 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Issued: 05/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Error, Brett Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu; Yicun
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED HAROON
• Application Number:
  US11/313,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20060277212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• Field of Search: 707/6
• US Class Current: 707/600
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method provide a summary comparison of data. The summary may compare filtered and unfiltered data or one set of filtered data to another. The system presents a status pane or window to a user in conjunction with filtered data that is dynamically updated to correspond to the data. A summary of the filtered data is available for display side by side with other filtered data or unfiltered data. The reports and summary are dynamically updated.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing a comparison of various website visitation data, the method comprising:

displaying a first report comprising website visitation data;

in response to receiving user input to filter the first report based on filtering criterion, displaying a filtered report comprising filtered website visitation data corresponding to the filtering criterion; and

in response to receiving user input to activate a comparison report, concurrently displaying;

the filtered report in a first display area; and

the comparison report in a second display area visually distinct from the first display area, the display of the comparison report comprising one or more rows of data each corresponding to a given metric, wherein each row of data comprises;

a first set of website visitation data from the first report in a first column, wherein the first set of website visitation data comprises an unfiltered value for the given metric corresponding to the unfiltered website visitation; and

a second set of website visitation data from the filtered report in a second column adjacent to the first column, wherein the second set of website visitation data comprises a filtered value for the given metric corresponding to filtered website visitation data; and

in response to receiving user input to adjust the filtering criterion associated with at least one of the first report and the filtered report, dynamically updating the second set of website visitation data according to the adjusted filtering criterion and dynamically updating the display of the comparison report based on the updated second set of website visitation data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first report comprises a first filtered report having a first set of filtered website visitation data corresponding to a first segment of the website visitation data, and the filtered report comprises a second filtered report having a second set of filtered website visitation data, corresponding to a second segment of the website visitation data, and wherein the first report, the filtered report and the comparison report are each displayed concurrently in separate display areas visually distinct from one another.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input to activate the comparison report comprises receiving selection of one of a plurality of selectable buttons associated with the comparison report.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison report is a report selected from the group consisting of a summary report, a totals report, a commerce report, a web traffic report, and a paths report.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving user input to filter the filtered report is in combination with receiving user input to filter the one or more reports as an AND operation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving user input to filter the filtered report, displaying one or more twice-filtered reports.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the filtered report.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first report comprises a user-customized report built during a current session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the comparison report occurs virtually instantaneous with receiving user input to activate the comparison report.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user input to filter the first report comprises receiving user input to apply two or more filters, the two or more filters combined as an AND operation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user input to filter the first report comprises receiving user input to apply two or more filters, the two or more filters combined as an OR operation.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the comparison report concurrently with the first report and the filtered report comprises:

displaying the comparison report overlapping a portion of the first report and a portion of the filtered report.

13. A computer-implemented method for providing a comparison of filtered and unfiltered website visitation data, the method comprising:

displaying a first unfiltered report and a second unfiltered report each comprising unfiltered website visitation data;

in response to receiving user input to filter the first unfiltered report based on filtering criterion, displaying a first filtered report comprising filtered website visitation data corresponding to the filtering criterion;

in response to receiving user input to activate a comparison report, concurrently displaying;

the first filtered report in a first display area and

the comparison report in a second display area visually distinct from the first display area, the display of the comparison report comprising one or more rows of data each corresponding to a given metric, wherein each row of data comprises;

a set of filtered website visitation data from the first filtered report in a first column, wherein the second set of filtered website visitation data comprises a filtered value for the given metric corresponding to the filtered website visitation data; and

a set of unfiltered website visitation data from the second unfiltered report in a second column adjacent to the first column wherein the first set of website visitation comprises an unfiltered value for the given metric corresponding to the unfiltered website visitation data; and

in response to receiving user input to adjust the filtering criterion associated with the first filtered report, dynamically updating the set of filtered website visitation data according to the adjusted filtering criterion and dynamically updating the display of the comparison report based on the updated set of filtered website visitation data.

14. A computer readable memory storing a computer program executable by a processor, the computer program producing a user interface for displaying web visitation data reports, the user interface comprising:

a report display area for displaying a plurality of reports comprising website visitation data;

a plurality of filter icons for receiving user input to apply a plurality of filters to a first of the plurality of reports;

wherein the report display area is dynamically configured to display a plurality of adjusted reports responsive to the received user input, each of the plurality of adjusted reports comprising adjusted website visitation data according to the plurality of filters; and

wherein the report display area is configured to concurrently display;

one or more of the adjusted reports in a first portion of the report display area and

one or more comparison reports in a second portion of the report display area that is visually distinct from the first portion, each displayed comparison report comprising one or more rows of data each corresponding to a given metric, wherein each row of data comprises;

a first set of website visitation data from one of the plurality of reports in a first column, wherein the first set of website visitation data is indicative of an unfiltered value for the given metric corresponding to the adjusted website visitation data; and

a second set of website visitation data from one or more of the adjusted reports in a second column adjacent to the first column, wherein the second set of website visitation data is indicative of a filtered value for the given metric corresponding to the website visitation data; and

wherein the set of website visitation data of at least one of the first and second displayed reports is dynamically updated according to filtering criterion received from a user, and the display of the comparison report is dynamically updated based on the updated website visitation data.

15. The computer readable memory of claim 14, the user interface further comprising one or more selectable buttons.

16. The computer readable memory of claim 14, further comprising:

an executable process that displays the one or more comparison reports in response to receiving user input to activate a selected of the one or more comparison reports.

17. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the one or more comparison reports are displayed in a pop up window.

18. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the one or more comparison reports are displayed in a window adjacent to the plurality of adjusted reports.

19. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the one or more comparison reports are selected from the group consisting of a summary report, a totals report, a commerce report, a web traffic report, and a paths report.

20. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the plurality of filter icons are further configured for receiving user input to filter the plurality of filtered reports, and the report display area is further configured for displaying a plurality of twice-filtered reports.

21. A system for providing a summary comparison of website visitation data, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium storing program code executable by the processor, the computer program code comprising;

an output module configured for displaying a first report including website visitation data;

an input module configured for receiving user input to filter the first report based on filtering criterion and for receiving user input to activate a comparison report;

wherein the output module is further configured for concurrently displaying;

a filtered report in a first display area, the filtered report comprising filtered website visitation data corresponding to the filtering criterion; and

a comparison report in a second display area visually distinct from the first display area, the display of the comparison report comprising one or more rows of data each corresponding to a given metric, wherein each row of data comprises;

a first set of website visitation data from the first report in a first column, wherein the first set of website visitation data comprises an unfiltered value for the given metric corresponding to the unfiltered website visitation; and

a second set of website visitation data from the filtered report in a second column adjacent to the first column, wherein the second set of website visitation data comprises a filtered value for the given metric corresponding to filtered website visitation data; and

wherein the output module is further configured to dynamically update the second set of website visitation data according to the filtering criterion and dynamically update the display of the comparison report based on the updated second set of website visitation data in response to receiving user input to adjust filtering criterion associated with at least one of the first report and the filtered report.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the comparison report is a report selected from the group consisting of a summary report, a totals report, a commerce report, a web traffic report, and a paths report.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the input module is further configured to receive user input to filter the filtered report and the output module is further configured to display one or more twice-filtered reports.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

a storage module for storing the filtered report.

25. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

a query module configured for retrieving a data set comprising website visitation data associated with the first report.

26. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

an interpret module configured for interpreting data received from a network.