# US 10,122,804 B1 · Calculating and recording user interaction times with selected web sites or application programs > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,804 B1 - Document ID: US10122804B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/535,189 - Filed: 2014-11-06 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-06 - Assignees: Stackup LLC - Applicants: Stackup LLC - Inventors: Nicholas Edward Garvin; Stephen L. Maynard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122804B1 ## CPC - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 16/9566: {URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links} - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 69/28: Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and methods to track and calculate user interactivity time with one or more specified websites or application programs. A list of websites and/or application programs for tracking may be created and maintained, and when a user accesses and interacts with one of the websites or application programs, the user interactivity time with that particular application program or website is tracked. Periods of user inactivity with the particular application program or website are not counted towards the user interactivity time. The resulting user interactivity time data with each specified website and specified application program can be utilized in various manners, such as for generating reports, displays, or may be analyzed in numerous ways depending upon the particular implementation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for tracking an amount of time an individual is actively engaging with displayed content, comprising: providing content on a user interface of a computing device; tracking, based on one or more inputs received in the user interface, a first amount of time that the individual is interacting with the content; detecting a period of inactivity with the content provided on the user interface, wherein the period of inactivity is a second amount of time during which the individual is not interacting with the content and is determined, at least in part, on an amount of time that the one or more inputs are not received in the user interface and that the individual is not viewing the content, and wherein the detected period of inactivity automatically suspends an accumulation of the first amount of time; determining, based at least in part, on the first amount of time and the second amount of time, a comprehension level of the content by the individual; and providing the comprehension level to a computing device for display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a control in the user interface to enable recording of the first amount of time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content is provided on a URL corresponding to a selected one or more websites. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking includes accumulating a plurality of periods of times that the individual is interacting with the content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the period of inactivity further comprises loading a reloadable timer with a countdown amount. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising determining an average amount of time required for the individual to comprehend the content, based at least in part, on the amount of the content on the user interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising determining an average amount of time required for the individual to comprehend the content based, at least in part, on a size of the user interface that displays the content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a list of categories that correspond to the content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the accumulation of the first amount of time on the user interface. ### Claim 10 A system for a tracking of interactivity time by a user with a web site, comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations, comprising: providing a website on a user interface, the website being associated with displayed content; detecting, based on one or more interactions with the website, comprehension of the content associated with the website by an individual that provides the one or more interactions with the website for a first amount of time; detecting an amount of inactivity with the website, wherein the amount of inactivity is a second amount of time during which the individual does not provide the one or more interactions with the website and is not viewing the content and wherein the inactivity automatically suspends accumulation of the first amount of time; determining, based at least in part, on the first amount of time and the second amount of time, a comprehension level of the displayed content by the individual; and displaying the comprehension level on a display of a computing device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for selectively recording the first amount of time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for detecting an initiation of a browser program that loads a URL corresponding to the website. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for accumulating a plurality of periods of time the individual interacts with the website. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for loading a reloadable timer with a countdown amount to detect the amount of inactivity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for determining an average an amount of time required for the individual to comprehend the content based, at least in part, on an amount of the content on the user interface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for determining an average amount of time required for the individual to comprehend the content based, at least in part, on a size of a user interface that displays the content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions for providing a list of categories that correspond to the content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more interactions include one or more of a mouse input, a keyboard input, movement of a user interface element and touch input. ### Claim 19 A method for tracking comprehension of displayed content, comprising: detecting access to content displayed on one or more application programs; tracking, based on received input, a first amount of time that an individual is interacting with the one or more application programs; detecting a period of inactivity with the one or more application programs, wherein the period of inactivity is a second amount of time during which the individual does not provide input to the one or more application programs and is not viewing the content and wherein the period of inactivity automatically suspends an accumulation of the first amount of time; determining, based at least in part, on the first amount of time and the second amount of time, a comprehension level of the content by the individual; and providing the comprehension level of the content to a user interface for display. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein providing the comprehension level of the content to the user interface comprises displaying the first amount of time.