Patent ID: 8930447
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A usability analysis method of a web application, comprising: acquiring a page transition log and operation logs on individual pages in the web application; referring to a transition pattern detection rule table holding a sequence of URLs as a specific page transition pattern including multiple occurrences of a same page, to detect the specific page transition pattern in the page transition log; managing the operation logs on individual pages included in the detected specific page transition pattern, in relation to the individual pages in order of appearance; performing statistic processing on the managed operation logs and analyzing page utilization; and analyzing usability based on the specific page transition pattern and the page utilization; wherein the analyzing includes acquiring a workflow definition defining a work procedure provided by the web application, wherein the transition pattern detection rule table includes a transition pattern different from a page transition pattern following the workflow definition, wherein the referring refers to the transition pattern detection rule table to detect the different transition pattern in the page transition log, in a case where pages are changed in the transition pattern different from the page transition pattern following the workflow definition, and wherein the analyzing analyzes usability based on the different page transition pattern and the page utilization.