Patent ID: 7925747

Claim:
A computer implemented method for sharing web monitoring data with a recipient account of a web monitoring service, the web monitoring data collected by the web monitoring service provider on behalf of an owner account of the web monitoring service, the method comprising: receiving from an owner account an identification of a recipient account for receiving shared web monitoring data; receiving from the owner account an identification of a portion of web monitoring data collected on behalf of the owner account, wherein the portion of the web monitoring data is to be shared with the identified recipient account; providing a share notice to the identified recipient account in response to receiving the identified recipient account and the identified portion of web monitoring data; receiving a share acceptance from the identified recipient account indicating acceptance of the identified portion of web monitoring data to be shared; updating a profile for the identified recipient account in the web monitoring service to authorize sharing of the identified portion of the web monitoring data from the owner account to the recipient account; and providing the identified portion of the web monitoring data to the identified recipient upon request.