Claims
- 1. A system for tracking website traffic, comprising:
a website file server having a plurality of web pages, where one or more web pages include traffic analysis code comprising a reference to a graphical image; and a traffic analysis server configured to receive a request for said graphical image, the request comprising a cookie, process the cookie to track website traffic, and respond to the request.
- 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the cookie comprises a unique identifier.
- 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the cookie comprises a site visit count.
- 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the cookie comprises an average time between website visits.
- 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the cookie comprises an elapsed time for the current website visit.
- 6. A method for tracking website traffic for a website file server having a plurality of web pages, where one or more web pages include traffic analysis code comprising a reference to a graphical image, the method comprising:
receiving a web page request; parsing the web page request to obtain a cookie; processing the cookie to track website traffic; updating the cookie; and providing the updated cookie and web page content in response to the web page request.
- 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising validating the cookie.
- 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the validation step comprises determining that the cookie has not expired.
- 9. A method for tracking website traffic for a website file server having a plurality of web pages, where one or more web pages include traffic analysis code comprising a reference to a graphical image, the method comprising:
receiving a request for a graphical image; parsing the request to obtain a cookie; processing the cookie to track website traffic; and providing the graphical image in response to the request.
- 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the processing step further comprises:
obtaining a unique identifier from the cookie; correlating the unique identifier to a particular web page; and incrementing a total visit count for the particular web page.
- 11. A computer system including a microprocessor, a persistent storage area, a volatile storage area, and a communication means, the computer system configured to receive a request for a graphical image, the request comprising a graphical image identifier and a unique identifier for a web page, the computer system further including an execution area configured to process the unique identifier to track website traffic and provide the requested graphical image in response to the request.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/072,274, which is a continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 6,393,479.
Continuations (2)
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10838438 |
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09326475 |
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10072274 |
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