Aggregated web analytics request systems and methods

• US 9,141,611 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• 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:
  US13/663,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 707/703, 707/755, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

providing a computer system that includes a processor and a memory having executable instructions stored therein;

using the computer system to read a file;

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

delaying transmission of the data to wait for encountering of one or more subsequent requests in the file;

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

using the processor to execute the instructions to cause the computer system to;

(a) assign a unique identifier to a particular one of the subsequent requests; and

(b) defining a mapping of a data value that is indicative of at least a portion of the other data to a respective data identifier for the particular subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the data value mapped to the respective data identifier is associated with the particular subsequent request;

aggregating the data and the other data into one request for the remote network site; and

sending the one request to the remote network site.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one request is sent to the remote network 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 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 the file comprises webpage code.

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

encountering a request in a file to transmit data to a remote network site;

delaying transmission of the data to wait for encountering of one or more subsequent requests in the file;

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

assigning a unique identifier to a particular one of the subsequent requests;

defining a mapping of a data value that is indicative of at least a portion of the other data to a respective data identifier for the particular subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the data value mapped to the respective data identifier is associated with the particular subsequent request;

aggregating the data and the other data into one request for the remote network site; and

sending the one request to the remote network site.

7. The medium of claim 6, wherein the one request is sent to the remote network site as an image request.

8. The medium of claim 6, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission until after receiving an indication that the other data is ready.

9. The medium of claim 6, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission at least until after a timeout occurs.

10. The medium of claim 6, wherein the file comprises webpage code.

11. A system, comprising:

a content device configured to provide a file whose execution is configured to cause;

encountering a request in a file to transmit data to a remote network site;

delaying transmission of the data to wait for encountering of one or more subsequent requests in the file;

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

for each of the one or more subsequent requests encountered in the file during said encountering;

assigning a unique identifier to the subsequent request; and

mapping one or more data values indicative of at least a portion of the other data to one or more respective data identifiers for the subsequent request, wherein the mapping is associated with the unique identifier such that the one or more data values assigned to the one or more respective data identifiers via the mapping are associated with the subsequent request;

aggregating the data and the other data into one request for the remote network site; and

sending the one request to the remote network site.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one request is sent to the remote network site as an image request.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission until after receiving an indication that the other data is ready.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said delaying transmission comprises delaying transmission at least until after a timeout occurs.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the file comprises webpage code.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the content device comprises a web content server.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the remote network site comprises a web server located remote from the content device.