Patent ID: 7200804
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for creating and executing an automated Web browser navigation and data collection sequence comprising: a session recording mechanism operable by a first user for recording user Web navigation and interaction activity required for data collection associated with a manual navigation and interaction sequence comprising a plurality of web sites; a log-in mechanism for storing log-in information of one or more second users for individual ones of the plurality of web sites visited in the manual sequence; and a file creation module for converting operations recorded in the manual sequence of the first user into an executable sequence of instructions for conducting an automated sequence; wherein the system follows the manual sequence, creates the automated sequence, and performs the automated sequence on behalf of the second user, including logging in to individual one of the sites on behalf of the second user using the log-in information of the second user, and storing and aggregating data collected in the automated sequence and transmitting the aggregated data to the second user.