Patent ID: 7953791
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring usage of internet resources, the method comprising: receiving a request for an internet resource at a proxy server from a user's browser; transmitting the request from the proxy server to a resource server that serves the internet resource; receiving the internet resource at the proxy server from the resource server; inserting, using a processor, computer executable measurement instructions to monitor usage of the internet resource at a user location into the internet resource at the proxy server; transmitting the internet resource including the computer executable measurement instructions from the proxy server to the user's browser; receiving measurement data from the computer executable measurement instructions at a data collection server; combining the measurement data with second measurement data collected from second computer executable measurement instructions included in the internet resource stored at the resource server; and comparing the measurement data and the second measurement data to determine a weighting factor for the measurement data that compensates for a difference between the measurement data and the second measurement data.