Abstract: A data collection system collects statistics related to each visit to each web-page within a web-site. In addition to collecting path information related to traversals to and from each web-page, the system collects information regarding the particular session, such as the visitor's connection speed, the time required to download the web-page to the visitor's system, the duration of time that the visitor spent at the page, whether the user clicked the ‘back’ button to leave the site, and so on. The data reporting system presents statistics based on the collected data in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand form that is customizable by the user. By collecting and reporting performance factors related to each web-page, or sets of web-pages within a web-site, marketers and webmasters can address any perceived deficiencies and/or can optimize the performance of select pages to achieve specific marketing objectives.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for fetching network objects from a server, such as used in conjunction with an internetworking environment. A web server maintains information regarding which web pages are most likely to be requested by users, and pre-downloads those web pages to associated web clients in advance of actual requests being made by the user. This allows the user to receive the web page prior to actual request, and thus reduces time the user waits for delivery of the web page. The web server maintains statistical information responsive to requests for information made by users, to estimate which links between web pages are most likely to be followed. The web server provides this information to web clients as hints for pages for web clients to pre-download. The web server also maintains rules regarding web pages most desirable to present to users, to provide the greatest value for the web site.

Abstract: A collaborative development system is configured to allow the virtual appending of comments to a user-accessible document, without actually attaching the comments to the document. The collaborative development system allows authorized users to access the comments that are virtually appended to the document, in a manner similar to accessing comments that are actually attached to documents in a conventional collaborative development system. As used in a web-page development process, a conventional browser is used to access a released version of a web-page, and a browser band object is used to collect and display comments among developers of the web-page. The browser band object is synchronized to events in the browser, so that as each web-page is accessed, the comments that are associated with the selected page are accessed. The comments are stored independent of the web-page, and are accessible only to users of the collaborative development system.

Abstract: A web-page based integration toolbar provides the context within which other information or applications are accessed. A toolbar on a user's display is coupled to the currently displayed web-page, and provides contextual links to databases and applications based on the information currently displayed, or currently selected by the user. For example, the toolbar may contain a link to an inventory-control program, and may be configured to display of current inventory status of an item when the user selects the item on the user's displayed web-page. At the same time, the toolbar may contain a link to an analysis application that provides a demographic profile of prior purchasers of the selected item, and/or provides a forecast of likely demand, based on seasonal factors and the like.

Abstract: A user interface allows a user to select a particular web-page, and a display processor presents transversal links relative to this selected web-page, indicating the web-pages from-which visitors have come to this web-page, and the web-pages to-which visitors go to when leaving this web-page. Preferably, the presentation of the transversal links is in graphic form. A directed graph is presented that illustrates path information as annotated links between nodes of the graph. Each node in this presentation represents a web-address and each link represents traversals between two of the nodes. The user is provided interactive options that include changing the names of the nodes to more meaningful alias, grouping of nodes to obtain higher-level views of the path patterns, redefining the form and format of the annotations, and so on. Presenting the path-analysis information in a graphical form provides the user with a more immediate and intuitive understanding of the flow of visits to and through a user's web-site.

Abstract: A data collection system collects statistics related to each visit to each web-page within a web-site. In addition to collecting path information related to traversals to and from each web-page, the system collects information regarding the particular session, such as the visitor's connection speed, the time required to download the web-page to the visitor's system, the duration of time that the visitor spent at the page, whether the user clicked the ‘back’ button to leave the site, and so on. The data reporting system presents statistics based on the collected data in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand form that is customizable by the user. By collecting and reporting performance factors related to each web-page, or sets of web-pages within a web-site, marketers and webmasters can address any perceived deficiencies and/or can optimize the performance of select pages to achieve specific marketing objectives.

Abstract: A toolbar is provided that is synchronized with a web-site browser system. The toolbar provides an interface to a web-page analysis system that provides performance data related to a select web-page. By synchronizing the toolbar to the browser, the web-page analysis system provides performance data related to the web-page that the browser is currently displaying. By displaying the performance data from the web-page analysis system coincident with the content of the web-page from the browser, the user is provided a direct visual association between the actual web-page and its performance. By synchronizing the toolbar with the browser, the user can view the performance measures of each page as the user navigates through the web-site using the same technology that a typical web-site visitor would use. The toolbar in a preferred embodiment is also configured to provide links to performance data related to other pages of the web-site relative to the currently displayed page.

Abstract: A user interface allows a user to select parameters used for filtering path-analysis data, to target specific traversals, and a display processor presents the path-analysis based upon this user-defined filtering. Preferably, the presentation of the path-analysis is in graphic form. A directed graph is presented that illustrates path information as annotated links between nodes of the graph. Each node in this presentation represents a web-address and each link represents traversals between two of the nodes. The traversals include traversals among the nodes satisfying the filter constraints. Presenting the filtered path-analysis information in a graphical form provides the user with a more immediate and intuitive understanding of the flow of targeted visits to and through a user's web-site.

Abstract: A toolbar is provided that is synchronized with a web-site browser system. The toolbar provides an interface to a path analysis system that provides path analysis data related to a select web-page. By synchronizing the toolbar to the browser, the path analysis system provides path analysis data related to the web-page that the browser is currently displaying. By displaying the path analysis data coincident with the content of the web-page from the browser, the user is provided a direct visual association between the actual web-page and the traversals to and from the web-page. By synchronizing the toolbar with the browser, the user can view the path analysis data of each page as the user navigates through the web-site using the same technology that a typical web-site visitor would use.