Patents by Inventor W. Glen Boyd

W. Glen Boyd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8417557
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Webtrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20110251904
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: WEBTRENDS INC.
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Patent number: 7991640
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Webtrends Inc.
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Patent number: 7596506
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: WebTrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Patent number: 7558741
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: WebTrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20080209024
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: WEBTRENDS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20080208947
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: WEBTRENDS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd
  • Patent number: 6925442
    Abstract: Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventors: Elijahu Shapira, David S. Montgomery, W. Glen Boyd