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Objective measurement and graph theory modeling of web sites
Assignee: WebCriteria Inc
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Filing: 1999-03-16
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Granted: 2002-03-19
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Expires: 2019-03-16
Abstract
Abstract A machine implemented method of objectively determining attributes of a Web site is disclosed. A Web site located on a network of computers is spidered to determine all objects and hyperlinks associated with the Web site and an index is constructed to represent the Web site. The Web site is then analyze to discern scenes, similar to page views, and links that connect the scenes. Information is then collected of the relationships of the scenes that reflects human factors, such as wait times and hyperlink location. This relationship information is quantified and associated with the hyperlinks and scenes. A model is then constructed of the scenes and hyperlinks and the quantified relationship information is applied to the model. An objective effectiveness of the Web site is then calculated by mathematical treatment of the model. A preferred model is a graph theory model having vertices and edges.
Inventors
- 👤 Christopher E. Tilt
- 👤 Alistair C. Williamson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 14:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A machine implemented method of objectively measuring a Web site, comprising the steps: discerning scenes and links of a Web site located on first computer that is coupled to a network of computers; modeling the Web site as a Web site model having a plurality of the scenes and links, the model being a graph theory model having a plurality of vertices and edges corresponding to the scenes and links, respectively; and determining a numerical representation of a Web site attribute by performing an algorithm on the Web site model.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A machine implemented method of objectively measuring a Web site, comprising the steps: discerning scenes and links of a Web site located on first computer that is coupled to a network of computers; modeling the Web site as a Web site model having a plurality of the scenes and links, the model being a graph theory model having a plurality of vertices and edges corresponding to the scenes and links, respectively; and determining a numerical representation of a Web site attribute by performing an algorithm on the Web site model.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of determining a value associated with the links and assigning the value to a corresponding one of the plurality of edges as a value associated with the edge and using the value in the algorithm to determine the numerical representation of the Web site attribute.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of determining a plurality of link values associated with the links and assigning the link values to corresponding ones of the plurality of edges as an edge value associated with the edge and using the edge value in the algorithm to determine the numerical representation of the Web site attribute wherein the link value is indicative of a location of the link within a scene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of determining a plurality of link values associated with the links and assigning the link values to corresponding ones of the plurality of edges as a edge value associated with the edge and using the edge value in the algorithm to determine the numerical representation of the Web site attribute wherein the link value is indicative of a time to load a scene associated with the link.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the algorithm is a shortest path algorithm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of discerning scenes and links of the Web site comprises spidering the Web site and building an index of the Web site on a second computer, wherein each scene is a discrete portion of the Web site for presenting information to a user in simultaneity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of analytically measuring Web site content.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of analytically measuring Web site content includes determining a number of the Web site scenes, wherein each scene is a discrete portion of the Web site for presenting information to a user in simultaneity.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of analytically measuring Web site content includes determining a freshness of the Web site by determining an age associated with elements of the scenes and indicating a time during which the elements have been included in the Web site.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of analytically measuring Web site content includes determining a composition of the Web site, including determining relative percentages of specific content types and corresponding amounts of time for comprehending the content types.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of analytically measuring Web site content includes determining a browser bias of the Web site.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
96 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising discerning Web site scenes and links of a second Web site, modeling the second Web site as a model of a plurality of the scenes and links of the second Web site, and determining a numerical representation of an attribute of the second Web site by performing the algorithm on the second Web site model and providing a report of the attribute of the second Web site with a report of the attribute of said Web site for comparison of the second Web site and said Web site.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
90 words
A machine implemented method of objectively determining an effectiveness coefficient of a Web site, comprising the steps: spidering a Web site located on a network of computers; building an index of the Web site; modeling the Web site using data of the index to form a Web site model, the model including a graph theory model having vertices that correspond to portions of the Web site and edges that correspond to relationships between the portions of the Web site; and (d) determining the coefficient by mathematical analysis of the model.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
90 words
A machine implemented method of objectively determining an effectiveness coefficient of a Web site, comprising the steps: spidering a Web site located on a network of computers; building an index of the Web site; modeling the Web site using data of the index to form a Web site model, the model including a graph theory model having vertices that correspond to portions of the Web site and edges that correspond to relationships between the portions of the Web site; and (d) determining the coefficient by mathematical analysis of the model.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the portion of the Web site modeled as graph theory vertices are Web site comprising a Web site user experience that occurs during a time interval.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the relationships modeled as edges are links that connect portions of the Web site.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the step of building the index includes discerning a plurality of scenes associated with the Web site wherein each scene is a discrete portion of the Web site for presenting information to a user in simultaneity.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the mathematical analysis comprises calculating a cost to move from a first portion of the model to a second portion of the model.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the model comprises vertices that represent portions of the Web site and edges that represent hyperlinks connecting portions of the Web site.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the mathematical analysis is a shortest path algorithm associated with graph analysis.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
142 words
A machine implemented method of quantifying an attribute of a Web site having a plurality of Web pages and a plurality of links wherein each link connects one of the plurality of the Web pages to some other one of the plurality of the Web pages or to some other portion of the Web page, comprising the steps: determining a human factor associated with a human user accessing pages and links of a Web site located on a network of computers and quantifying the human factor; representing the pages and links of the Web site in association with a graph theory model; and algorithmically applying the quantified human factor to the graph theory model of the pages and links of the Web site to calculate an attribute coefficient indicative of the human user accessing the pages and links of the Web site.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
142 words
A machine implemented method of quantifying an attribute of a Web site having a plurality of Web pages and a plurality of links wherein each link connects one of the plurality of the Web pages to some other one of the plurality of the Web pages or to some other portion of the Web page, comprising the steps: determining a human factor associated with a human user accessing pages and links of a Web site located on a network of computers and quantifying the human factor; representing the pages and links of the Web site in association with a graph theory model; and algorithmically applying the quantified human factor to the graph theory model of the pages and links of the Web site to calculate an attribute coefficient indicative of the human user accessing the pages and links of the Web site.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 20 further comprising the step of discerning a plurality of Web site scenes and the plurality of links connect one of the plurality of scenes to another of the plurality of scenes.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 21 wherein the scenes are one or more pages of markup language having a size defined by user experiences of interacting with the Web site from a first time to a second time.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 20 further comprising the step of discerning a plurality of page views of the Web site and the plurality of links connect one of the plurality of page views to another one of the plurality of page views.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 20 further comprising the step of modeling the Web site as a plurality of objects and a plurality of connectors and the algorithm is applied to the Web site model.
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