Method and apparatus for evaluating visitors to a web server
US7558741B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0277
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
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