Detecting content and user response to content
View Patent ↗A position of a cursor on a display is tracked. It is detected that the cursor is in an area of the display that includes a component of a webpage. It is determined whether the component matches a designated type of component, and details of the component are stored in response to determining that the component matches a designated type of component. A user input that selects the component is detected, and details of the component are accessed in response to detecting the user input. The details of the component are sent to a collection server.
1. A method comprising:
executing instructions on one or more processing devices that cause the one or more processing devices to perform the following operations:
tracking a position of a cursor on a display;
detecting that the cursor is in an area of the display that includes a component of a webpage;
determining whether the component matches a designated type of component;
storing details of the component in response to determining that the component matches a designated type of component, wherein storing the details of the component includes storing the details in a first buffer;
detecting a user input that selects the component;
in response to detecting the user input, sending a request for data to a website associated with the selected component;
receiving a response from a destination website in response to the request sent to the website associated with the selected component;
in response to detecting the user input, copying the details from the first buffer to a second buffer; and
sending the details of the component and information associated with the response from the destination website to a collection server, wherein sending the details of the component to the collection server includes accessing the details of the component from the second buffer and sending the accessed details to the collection server, wherein the information associated with the response from the destination website includes information associated with a redirect command or a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) status code included in the response from the destination website.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a single buffer includes the first buffer and the second buffer.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise clearing the first buffer in response to determining that the component is not of interest.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the component matches a designated type of component comprises determining whether the component is included in the webpage using a designated type of HTML tag.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the component matches a designated type of component comprises determining whether the component is associated with a designated URL.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the component comprises at least one of an advertising image or a text line.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the details of the component includes at least one of the following: a URL associated with the component, dimensions of the component, a unique identifier associated with the component, or an address.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, the program comprising one or more code segments configured to perform the following when executed:
track a position of a cursor on a display;
detect that the cursor is in an area of the display that includes a component of a webpage;
determine whether the component matches a designated type of component;
store details of the component in response to determining that the component matches a designated type of component, wherein storing the details of the component includes storing the details in a first buffer;
detect a user input that selects the component;
in response to detecting the user input, send a request for data to a website associated with the selected component;
receive a response from a destination website in response to the request sent to the website associated with the selected component;
in response to detecting the user input, copying the details from the first buffer to a second buffer; and
send the details of the component and information associated with the request sent to the destination website and the response from the destination website to a collection server, wherein sending the details of the component to the collection server includes accessing the details of the component from the second buffer and sending the accessed details to the collection server wherein the information associated with the response from the destination website includes information associated with a redirect command or a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) status code included in the response from the destination website.
9. The medium of claim 8 , wherein a single buffer includes the first buffer and the second buffer.
10. The medium of claim 8 further comprising code segments configured to, when executed, clear the first buffer in response to determining that the component is not of interest.
11. The medium of claim 8 wherein the code segment configured to, when executed, determine whether the component matches a designated type of component determines whether the component is included in the webpage using a designated type of HTML tag.
12. The medium of claim 8 wherein the code segment configured to, when executed, determine whether the component matches a designated type of component determines whether the component is associated with a designated URL.
13. The medium of claim 8 wherein the component comprises at least one of an advertising image or a text line.
14. The medium of claim 8 wherein the details of the component includes at least one of the following: a URL associated with the component, dimensions of the component, a unique identifier associated with the component, or an address.
15. A method comprising:
executing instructions on one or more processing devices that cause the one or more processing devices to perform the following operations:
tracking a position of a cursor on a display;
detecting that the cursor is in an area of the display that includes a component of a webpage;
storing details of the component in a buffer;
determining whether the component matches a designated type of component;
when determining that the component does not match a designated type of component:
clearing the details of the component from the buffer; and
when determining that the component matches a designated type of component:
detecting a user input that selects the component;
in response to detecting the user input, sending a request for data to a website associated with the selected component;
receiving a response from a destination website in response to the request sent to the website associated with the selected component; and
sending the details of the component and information associated with the response from the destination website to a collection server wherein the information associated with the response from the destination website includes information associated with a redirect command or a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) status code included in the response from the destination website.