System, method and computer program product for analyzing e-commerce competition of an entity by utilizing predetermined entity-specific metrics and analyzed statistics from web pages

US6983320B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CYVEILLANCE INC. · US

Inventors

• Jason Thomas · Arlington, US
• Mark J. Bildner · Alexandria, US
• Brandy M. Thomas · Arlington, US
• Christopher D. Young · Washington, US
• Richard P. Moore · McLean, US
• Ross Biro · Alexandria, US
• Alissa S. Pemberton · Washington, US
• Diane Perlman · Washington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2006
• Expiry date: May 23, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99935
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for analyzing e-commerce competition is disclosed. The method involves collecting pages that are commonly transmitted over a computer network (e.g., the Internet, an institutional intranet, etc.), collecting external data, which may or may not be available on the computer network, processing the collected pages and content, and scoring the pages based on all the information collected to determine statistics. The statistics are analyzed for providing benchmarks that compare an entity's presence on the computer network and compares it to the presence of other entities.