Patents by Inventor John Teddy

John Teddy 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).

  • Method for cross-domain tracking of web site traffic
    Patent number: 8762550
    Abstract: Web traffic reporting methods that rely upon third-party cookies suffer in accuracy when those tracking cookies are frequently refused by web users or deleted once they have been accepted. The invention described herein circumvents this problem by employing first-party cookies instead. This is accomplished by a client-side script that maintains the first-party cookie (as placed by the web site in question) and sends a site-maintained visitor ID to a tracking service for analysis. The effect is to improve the accuracy of traffic statistics that rely on that cookie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Webtrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Butler, John Teddy, Martin Waugh
  • METHOD FOR CROSS-DOMAIN TRACKING OF WEB SITE TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20120124206
    Abstract: Web traffic reporting methods that rely upon third-party cookies suffer in accuracy when those tracking cookies are frequently refused by web users or deleted once they have been accepted. The invention described herein circumvents this problem by employing first-party cookies instead. This is accomplished by a client-side script that maintains the first-party cookie (as placed by the web site in question) and sends a site-maintained visitor ID to a tracking service for analysis. The effect is to improve the accuracy of traffic statistics that rely on that cookie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: WEBTRENDS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Butler, John Teddy, Martin Waugh
  • Method for cross-domain tracking of web site traffic
    Patent number: 8131861
    Abstract: Web traffic reporting methods that rely upon third-party cookies suffer in accuracy when those tracking cookies are frequently refused by web users or deleted once they have been accepted. The invention described herein circumvents this problem by employing first-party cookies instead. This is accomplished by a client-side script that maintains the first-party cookie (as placed by the web site in question) and sends a site-maintained visitor ID to a tracking service for analysis. The effect is to improve the accuracy of traffic statistics that rely on that cookie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Webtrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Butler, John Teddy, Martin Waugh
  • First-party cookie for tracking web traffic
    Publication number: 20060265495
    Abstract: Web traffic reporting methods that rely upon third-party cookies suffer in accuracy when those tracking cookies are frequently refused by web users or deleted once they have been accepted. The invention described herein circumvents this problem by employing first-party cookies instead. This is accomplished by a client-side script that maintains the first-party cookie (as placed by the web site in question) and sends a site-maintained visitor ID to a tracking service for analysis. The effect is to improve the accuracy of traffic statistics that rely on that cookie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Eric Butler, John Teddy, Martin Waugh