Patent ID: 6973492
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting abandonment of a page load in a communication network, said method comprising the steps of: (1) maintaining a server on said network; (2) embedding within a page first code that will cause a machine loading said page to send a first message to said server indicating that said page has commenced loading; (3) embedding within said page second code that will cause said machine loading said page to send a second message to said server indicating that said page has completed loading; and (4) responsive to receipt at said server of said first message, storing at said server a log entry indicating the page that is loading and the particular instance of its loading; and (5) responsive to receipt at said server of said second message, placing in said log information indicating that said instance of said page being loaded was not abandoned prior to completion.