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AssigneeNetZero, Inc.
InventorsStacy Haitsuka, Ronald Burr, Harold MacKenzie, Marwan Zebian, Terry Warren, Shane Blaser
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Methods and apparatus for monitoring the on-line activities of an on-line user are disclosed. Information regarding the user's activities are used as a basis for targeting advertisements to the user. Monitoring is performed by a client monitoring application, which performs monitoring without intruding on the user's activities. In monitoring, URLs in the address bar of the browser application are obtained by the client monitoring application, or the stream of URLs transmitted by the browser application are obtained by the client monitoring application, or information in displayed web pages is obtained by the client monitoring application.
A method of monitoring web browsing by a user, wherein the user browses by means of a browser application on a client computer, the client computer comprising a display and an input device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the display and for requesting web pages, the browser window including a display pane and an address bar, the display pane comprising a first region of the browser window wherein the browser application causes web pages obtained by the browser application to be displayed, the address bar comprising a second region of the browser window through which the browser application displays resource locator strings corresponding to displayed web pages, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring web browsing by a user, wherein the user browses by means of a browser application on a client computer, the client computer comprising a display and an input device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the display, the browser window including a display pane, the browser application further for requesting web pages and displaying web pages in the display pane, wherein the user causes the browser application to request web pages through use of the input device, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring web browsing by a user, wherein the user browses by means of a browser application on a client computer, the client computer comprising a display and an input device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the display, the browser window including a display pane, the browser application further for requesting web pages and displaying web pages in the display pane, wherein the user causes the browser application to request web pages through use of the input device, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a user's usage of the Internet using a client monitoring application on a local device, the local device including an input device and an output device, the local device accessing the Internet and providing interaction with the Internet using a browser application operative on the local device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the output device and for requesting web pages, the browser window including a display pane and an address bar, the display pane comprising a first region of the browser window wherein the browser application causes web pages obtained by the browser application to be displayed, the address bar comprising a second region of the browser window through which the browser application displays resource locator strings corresponding to displayed web pages in the display pane, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a user's usage of the Internet using a client monitoring application on a local device, the local device including an input device and an output device, the local device accessing the Internet and providing interaction with the Internet using a browser application operative on the local device, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a user's usage of the Internet using a client application on a local device, the local device including an input device and an output device, the local device accessing the Internet and providing interaction with the Internet using a browser application operative on the local device, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring web browsing by a user, wherein the user browses by means of a browser application on a client computer, the client computer comprising a display and an input device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the display and for requesting web pages, the browser window including a display pane and an address bar, the display pane comprising a first region of the browser window wherein the browser application causes web pages obtained by the browser application to be displayed, the address bar comprising a data object in which a resource locator string corresponding to a displayed web page is stored, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a user's usage of the Internet using a client monitoring application on a local device, the local device including an input device and an output device, the local device accessing the Internet and providing interaction with the Internet using a browser application operative on the local device, the browser application for generating a browser window on the output device and for requesting web pages, the browser window including a display pane and an address bar, the display pane comprising a first region of the browser window wherein the browser application causes web pages obtained by the browser application to be displayed, the address bar comprising a data object in which a resource locator string corresponding to a displayed web page is stored, the method comprising the steps of:
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