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Gathering enriched web server activity data of cached web content

a technology of activity data and cached web content, applied in the field of clientserver computer systems, can solve the problem that origin web servers do not serve or see the majority of user requests

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-13
IBM CORP
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The patent text describes a technique for using a single pixel clear GIF (which is not cacheable) to log information about user requests for web site content. The technique involves appending additional information to the single pixel clear GIF as Common Gateway Interface (CGI) query string parameters. This allows the log record created by the request for the single pixel clear GIF to function as a "surrogate" for the complete set of log records which would have been created if the page content had not been cached. The technical effect of this technique is that it provides a way to enrich the information recorded in web logs, even when cache engines are in use.

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As a result, the origin web servers do not serve or see the majority of the user requests for web site content.
However, this solution only logs information about the request for the single pixel GIF file itself.

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[0028]Web server software typically collects and saves information pertaining to each HTTP request, including date and time, the originating Internet Protocol (IP) address, the object requested, and the completion status of the request. The logs are analyzed on a periodic basis to determine the traffic through the server in terms of hits, the number of pages served, and the level of demand for pages of interest during each period.

[0029]Internet browser applications allow an individual user to cache web pages on his local hard disk. A user can configure the amount of disk space devoted to caching. The first time a user views a website, that content is saved as files in a subdirectory on that computer's hard disk. The next time the user points to this website, the browser gets the content from the cache without accessing the network. Certain elements of the page, including buttons, icons and images, appear much more quickly then they did the first time the page was opened.

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Abstract

A method and system for gathering enriched web server activity data in a global communications network in which requested information files are cached at a plurality of network devices. With the prevalence of web caching on the Internet, the origin web servers do not serve the majority of requests for web site content. A single pixel clear Graphics Image Format (GIF) request is added to the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) source file for a web page. Appended to the GIF request is a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) string of data that contains enhanced web activity data information, including the number of images (“hits”) that have to be retrieved by a client browser to build the web page, and the referring identifier that resulted in access to the web page. The single pixel clear GIF request is not cacheable and results in the request being transmitted to the origin web server when the client browser interprets the HTML file. The enriched data is stored in log files at the origin web server to accumulate an accurate number of hits on the web page.

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[0001]This application is a reissue application of U.S. Pat. No. 7,216,149, issued May 8, 2007 on U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 641,495 filed Aug. 18, 2000.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to client-server computer systems and, more specifically, to information access requests to a web site server over a global communications network.[0003]All web pages are written with HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Hypertext and universality are two essential features of HTML. Hypertext means that a programmer can create a link on a web page that leads the visitor to any other web page or to practically anything else on the Internet. Hypertext enables information on the web to be accessed from many different directions. Universality means that because HTML documents are saved as ASCII or text only files, virtually any computer can read a web page. HTML lets the web designer format text, add graphics, sound, and video, and save it all in a text or an American Standard ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16G06F12/00G06F11/34G06F13/00G06F15/00
CPCG06F11/3409G06F11/3476G06F2201/87G06F2201/875G06F2201/885G06Q50/10
Inventor BRISCOE, PAUL ROGERFERSTAT, CAMERON DONALDGANIS, MATTHEW ROBERTHAMMER, STEPHEN CARLHANSEN, GARY BOB KIPHARP, SEAN ALANNICHOLS, MICHAEL SHANNONPEARTHREE, HERBERT DANIELREED, PAULSNITZER, BRIAN JAMES
Owner IBM CORP
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