Method and system for parsing navigation information

A method in a computer system for parsing information before updating data in a main database, the main database having fact tables and dimension tables, the method comprising:

• creating a fact table and a dimension table corresponding to a fact table and dimension table of the main database;
• identifying from the information entries for the created fact table and dimension table;
• storing the identified entries in the created fact table and dimension table;
• and
• analyzing the entries stored in the created fact table and dimension table.

A method in a computer system for identifying navigation paths through web pages based on user navigation information, the method comprising:

• analyzing the user navigation information to identify entries associated with the same user;
• and
• for each user,
• identifying the web pages that are accessed by the user;
• and
• storing an indication of the identified web pages as a navigation path in a persistent database.

A method in a computer for processing navigation information for web pages, the method comprising:

• selecting an entry of the navigation information;
• identifying a uniform resource identifier of the selected entry;
• and
• when the identified uniform resource identifier satisfies a match criterion, storing in a persistent database an indication that the entry matches the criterion.

A method in a computer system for identifying high-level events from low-level events, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of event definitions that map low-level events to high-level events;
• and
• for each low-level event,
• determining whether the low-level event matches a provided event definition;
• and
• when a low-level event matches an event definition, persistently storing an indication of the high-level event associated with the matching event definition.

A method in a computer system for processing click steam data, the method comprising:

• receiving time synchronization information for the click stream data;
• adjusting times associated with the click stream data based on the received time synchronization information;
• and
• persistently storing the adjusted times.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to parse information before updating data in a main database, the main database having fact tables and dimension tables, by a method comprising:

• creating fact tables and dimension tables corresponding to fact tables and dimension tables of the main database;
• identifying from the information entries for the created fact tables and dimension tables;
• storing the identified entries in the created fact tables and dimension tables;
• and
• analyzing the entries stored in the created fact tables and dimension tables.

A method in a computer system for processing of search strings, the method comprising:

• identifying a search sting in a log file;
• identifying a canonical form of the search string;
• and
• storing the identified canonical from so that subsequent processing of the search string uses the canonical form.