Abstract: A system and method for collecting computer application usage data from a plurality of client devices. The system may include a monitoring program executable on each of the plurality of client devices. The monitoring program may be configured to receive from a server via a computer network monitoring data including one or more application identifiers, and to identify one or more target application programs executed on the client device as matching one of the identifiers. The monitoring program may further be configured to gather usage data for the target application program over a period of time, and send a message back to the server including the usage data. Reports may be generated based on the usage data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2008
Date of Patent:
April 29, 2014
Assignee:
Interpret, LLC
Inventors:
Michael Dowling, David E. Klein, Farzana Noorzay, Edric S. Rominger, Ahmed A. Siddique
Abstract: A system and method for collecting computer application usage data from a plurality of client devices. The system may include a monitoring program executable on each of the plurality of client devices. The monitoring program may be configured to receive from a server via a computer network monitoring data including one or more application identifiers, and to identify one or more target application programs executed on the client device as matching one of the identifiers. The monitoring program may further be configured to gather usage data for the target application program over a period of time, and send a message back to the server including the usage data. Reports may be generated based on the usage data.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 14, 2008
Publication date:
May 20, 2010
Applicant:
INTERPRET, LLC
Inventors:
Michael Dowling, David E. Klein, Farzana Noorzay, Edric S. Rominger, Ahmed A. Siddique