Patent ID: 7216162

Claim:
A method of tracking a network communication line by a first terminal simulating original browser activity of a second terminal, the method comprising: accessing the network communication line, tracing TCP/IP data packets routed through the network communication line, selecting TCP/IP data packets relating to an IP address as identified data packets, selecting from the identified data packets current requests for new connections as original requests, selecting from the identified data packets current web page components indicating new addresses as new navigation components, organizing the new navigation components into at least a false new components category comprising at least embedded objects or frames and a true new components category comprising at least hyperlinks, organizing the original requests into at least a primary request category comprising original requests matching those in the true new components category or original requests failing to match any of those in the true new components category and belonging to HTTP or POST type and a secondary request category comprising original requests matching those in the false new components category or original requests failing to match any of those in the false new components category and not belonging to HTTP or POST type, selecting, from the identified data packets, HTML data files relating to primary requests as respective primary responses, generating virtual secondary requests according to the respective secondary responses, selecting respective secondary responses from the identified data packet responses relating to secondary virtual requests, and simulating web page presentation on the first terminal according to the respective secondary responses.