Jeff A Webster

US Patent:

20080052392, Feb 28, 2008

Filed:

May 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/749713

Inventors:

Jeff Webster - Phoenix AZ, US
Narayanan Ramamrutham - Peoria AZ, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224000

Abstract:

A system and method for monitoring online activity by a user or other online agent, for example, in web browsing, viewing of video or music content, or other online activities. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving program code (e.g., a script) on a client (e.g., running a web browser) from a first server (e.g., a web server) in a first domain. The program code is executed at the client to read a file (e.g., a cookie) to obtain activity information corresponding to online activity by the client (e.g., web browsing). The activity information is sent (e.g., using a phantom object request made by the program code) to a tracking server in a different domain.