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So this is just a web bug? Whats the problem? I have worked at several companies that have inserted small images in web pages so that we can analyze the log fil
by peterhi 17y ago
So this is just a web bug? Whats the problem? I have worked at several companies that have inserted small images in web pages so that we can analyze the log files to provide usage statistics.
To my knowledge there is no patent on this and I suspect that there would be a large body of prior art should anyone claim to hold such a patent.
- dageroth 17y agoWell there are a number of patents and recently Nielsen/Netratings sued Omniture (http://www.omniture.com/press/242 http://www.omniture.com/press/242) and Coremetrics (http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conference/274569896-netratings-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-coremetrics-omniture.html http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conferenc...) The number of patents is surprising, so far I have found 24 patents we seem to be violating, among them: Content display monitoring by a processing system http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+7386473 http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+7386473 System and method for analyzing remote traffic data in a distributed computing environment http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+6112238 http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+6112238 Online Traffic Sampling http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+7185085 http://www.google.com/search?q=Patent+7185085 And plenty more.