Document usage monitoring method and system
OwnerTanya Kolosova, Samuel Berestizhevskyinventors
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Abstract
A document that is accessible by a first computing apparatus via a global communication network, such as a web page, includes a tag that is operative to receive information corresponding to a user of the document and delivering the information to a second computing apparatus via a global communications network. The information may include user identification information and/or user activity information. Optionally, the collected information may be stored in a database. A report of document usage may also be created, wherein the report includes information such as an identification of a document and an analysis of a number of users of the document during a time period or a point in time, or a predicted usage in the future based on past results.
Claims18
A method of monitoring user activities corresponding to at least one document that is accessible via a communication network, comprising:
- maintaining, on a first computing apparatus, a document that is accessible via a global communication network, the document including at least one tag;
- receiving information corresponding to a user of the document;
- and
- delivering the information to a second computing apparatus.
A method of monitoring usage of a web document, comprising
- maintaining a web document having a tag and a document identifier;
- receiving information relating to a user of the web document;
- communicating the information relating to the user and the document identifier to a first computing apparatus having a memory;
- and
- recording, in a database contained within the memory, the information and the document identifier.
A computer-readable carrier containing computer instructions that are capable of causing a computer to implement a method of monitoring user activities corresponding to at least one document, the instructions capable of causing the computer to perform steps including:
- maintaining, on a first-computing apparatus, a document that is accessible via a global communication network, the document including a tag;
- receiving information corresponding to a user of the document;
- and
- delivering the information to a second computing apparatus.
A system for monitoring usage of a web document, comprising a processor programmed to perform the steps including:
- maintaining, on a first computing apparatus, a web document having a document identifier;
- receiving information relating to a user of the web document;
- communicating the information relating to the user and the document identifier to a second computing apparatus having a memory;
- and
- recording, in a database contained within the memory, the information and the document identifier.
A system for monitoring usage of a web document, comprising:
- means for displaying a document on a first computer apparatus;
- means, integral within the document, for receiving information corresponding to a user of the document;
- and
- means for electronically transmitting said information to a second computer apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.