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System for monitoring browsing activity of a visitor and decrementing a reference count upon a web page change for automatic unloading a client program

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  • US 6,895,437 B1
  • Filed: 09/07/2000
  • Issued: 05/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring browsing activity of a visitor to a Web site, comprising;

  • loading a client program into an operating environment of a client machine of a visitor to a Web site;

    artificially incrementing a reference count associated with the client program to maintain persistence of the client program in the operating environment during browsing by the visitor across a plurality of Web pages of the Web site;

    monitoring client browsing activity of the visitor across the Web pages with the client program;

    uploading an indication of the browsing activity of the visitor over a network for processing; and

    decrementing the reference count upon a Web pages chance for automatic unloading of the client program from the operating environment of the client machine.

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