Patent ID: 9639817
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of metering Web usage by a panelist, comprising: transmitting, from a local browser installed on a media device over a computer network to an analytics server, a first command comprising a request to access a first Web page, the analytics server accessing the first Web page; sending, by the media device to the analytics server, a device identifier of the media device and a user identifier of a user of the media device, the analytics server confirming that the media device and a user of the media device belong to a panel; establishing, by the media device, a remote display session between the media device and the analytics server; receiving, by the media device from the analytics server via the established remote display session, a first image of the first Web page as rendered by a remote browser installed on the analytics server, the analytics server recording Web usage metrics associated with the rendering of the first image at the remote browser; displaying, by the local browser, the first image.