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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
John Albert Kembel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George Andrew Kembel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel S. Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Russell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jake Wobbrock, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Geoffrey S. Kembel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeremy L. Kembel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lynn D. Gabbay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scot J. Malloy, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Adam M. Chipkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Albert Kembel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George Andrew Kembel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel S. Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Russell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jake Wobbrock, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Geoffrey S. Kembel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeremy L. Kembel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lynn D. Gabbay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scot J. Malloy, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Adam M. Chipkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mainstream Scientific, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a method of tracking distributed content within a computer network. The method includes the step of identifying the delivery of a set of Network Information Monitors (NIMs). Information about each NTM within the set of NIMs is tracked. The information includes a first time at which a user opens a selected NIM, a second time at which the user closes the selected NW, and an identifier for the selected NIM. The information is used to determine sub-sets of NIMs that are displayed simultaneously. The invention also includes a method of identifying the delivery of a Network Information Monitor (NIM) to a user. Content information for the NIM is recorded. NIM use activity is tracked the user for a set of NIMs. The content information is correlated with the NIM use activity.