Aggregated web analytics request systems and methods

• US 8,301,645 B1
• Filed: 08/26/2010
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Crook, Lamont Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US12/869,422
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 707/609, 707/736, 707/749, 707/750, 707/754, 707/755, 707/756, 707/802, 707/803, 707/826, 707/954, 705/3, 709/203, 709/211, 709/219, 709/236
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2272 Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2308 Concurrency control transaction processing G06F9/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2322 using timestamps
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing

Abstract

Provided is a method that includes receiving a file from a network site, wherein the file defines display information for one or more content items, parsing the file to display the one or more content items. Parsing includes encountering, in the file, a request to transmit analytics data to a remote analytics site, delaying transmission of the analytics data to wait for encountering of subsequent requests in the file, encountering, in the file, one or more subsequent requests to transmit other analytics data to the remote analytics site, aggregating the analytics data and the other analytics data into an analytics request for the remote analytics site, and sending the analytics request to the remote analytics site, such that the remote analytics site receives the analytics data and the other analytics via the same analytics request.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a file from a network site, wherein the file defines display information for one or more content items;

parsing the file to display the one or more content items, wherein said parsing comprises;

encountering, in the file, a request to transmit analytics data to a remote analytics site;

delaying transmission of the analytics data to wait for encountering of subsequent requests in the file;

encountering, in the file, one or more subsequent requests to transmit other analytics data to the remote analytics site;

aggregating the analytics data and the other analytics data into an analytics request for the remote analytics site; and

sending the analytics request to the remote analytics site, such that the remote analytics site receives the analytics data and the other analytics via the same analytics request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analytics request is sent to the remote analytics site as an image request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission until after receiving an indication that the other analytics data is ready.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission at least until after a timeout occurs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said parsing the file further comprises, for each of one or more of the subsequent requests:

assigning a unique identifier to the particular subsequent request;

mapping of one or more analytics data points to one or more respective data identifiers for the particular subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the analytics data values assigned to the data identifiers is associated with the particular request; and

assigning one or more analytics data values to one or more of the data identifiers, wherein the one or more analytics data values are indicative of at least a portion of the other analytics data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said file comprises webpage code.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable program instructions that when executed by a computer cause:

providing, in response to receiving a request for content, a file that defines display information for one or more content items and wherein execution of the file is configured to cause;

encountering, in the file, a request to transmit analytics data to a remote analytics site;

delaying transmission of the analytics data to wait for encountering of subsequent requests in the file;

encountering, in the file, one or more subsequent requests to transmit other analytics data to the remote analytics site;

aggregating the analytics data and the other analytics data into an analytics request for the remote analytics site; and

sending the analytics request to the remote analytics site, such that the remote analytics site receives the analytics data and the other analytics via the same analytics request.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein the analytics request is sent to the remote analytics site as an image request.

9. The medium of claim 7, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission until after receiving an indication that the other analytics data is ready.

10. The medium of claim 7, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission at least until after a timeout occurs.

11. The medium of claim 7, wherein said parsing the file further comprises, for each of one or more of the subsequent requests:

assigning a unique identifier to the particular subsequent request;

mapping of one or more analytics data points to one or more respective data identifiers for the particular subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the analytics data values assigned to the data identifiers is associated with the particular request; and

assigning one or more analytics data values to one or more of the data identifiers, wherein the one or more analytics data values are indicative of at least a portion of the other analytics data.

12. The medium of claim 7, wherein said file comprises webpage code.

13. A system, comprising:

a content device configured to provide a file, wherein the file defines display information for one or more content items and wherein execution of the file is configured to cause;

encountering, in the file, a request to transmit analytics data to a remote analytics site;

delaying transmission of the analytics data to wait for encountering of subsequent requests in the file;

encountering, in the file, one or more subsequent requests to transmit other analytics data to the remote analytics site;

aggregating the analytics data and the other analytics data into an analytics request for the remote analytics site; and

sending the analytics request to the remote analytics site, such that the remote analytics site receives the analytics data and the other analytics via the same analytics request.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the analytics request is sent to the remote analytics site as an image request.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission until after receiving an indication that the other analytics data is ready.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission at least until after a timeout occurs.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein said execution of the file is further configured to cause, for each of one or more of the subsequent requests:

assigning a unique identifier to the particular subsequent request;

mapping of one or more analytics data points to one or more respective data identifiers for the particular subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the analytics data values assigned to the data identifiers is associated with the particular request; and

assigning one or more analytics data values to one or more of the data identifiers, wherein the one or more analytics data values are indicative of at least a portion of the other analytics data.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein said file comprises webpage code.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the content device comprises a web content server.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the remote analytics site comprises a web server located remote from the content device.