Patent ID: 6763386
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
In a computer network comprising one or more servers and one or more clients, a method of monitoring interaction through a first client of the one or more clients with a first resource obtained by the first client from a first server of the one or more servers, the method comprising:downloading the first resource from the first server to the first client, downloading a tracking program from a server of the one or more servers to the first client, wherein the downloading of the first resource causes the downloading of the tracking program; executing the tracking program on the client computer to monitor interaction through the client computer with at least one of the first resource and one or more second resources, the one or more second resources having been obtained by the first client from a server of the one or more servers as a result of interaction through the first client with at least one of the first resource and a second resource of the one or more second resources; storing resource use data associated with the monitored interaction; and communicating the resource use data to a server of the one or more servers.