Data recording components and processes for acquiring selected web site data

摘要

Embodiments of the components and processes for recording selected Web site data described herein adhere to long-term stability guidelines so as to improve maintainability and viability over time. Additionally, the data recording components can be placed within a software architecture to minimize the number of redundant data recording components. Furthermore, the data recording components can be tailored to specific data recording purposes. Additionally, the data recording components can be designed to take into account system performance issues and minimally impact system performance. Furthermore, the data recording components can be tailored to gather specific data useful for various analytical processes. Additionally, embodiments of the data recording components are relatively easy to implement and able to handle idiosyncrasies and changes of various Web sites in which they are placed.

主权项

1. A method of recording data generated during a user Web site session, the method comprising:
executing a program by a computer system that transforms the computer system into a specialized machine to perform:
capturing Web site session data using data recording components placed in multiple layers of server-side software for maintainability and viability of the server-side software, wherein the data recording components are placed in multiple layers in server-side software, the data recording components in the multiple layers are placed (i) in deep layers of the server-side software for inter-layer depth and (ii) in intra-layer locations deep within the layers for intra-layer depth and:
each of the deep layers for inter-layer depth is a layer whose content is more stable over time relative to content in at least a plurality of other layers that do not have the data recording components, andfor each of the intra-layer locations deep within the layers for intra-layer depth, content for the locations deep in the layer is more stable over time relative to content of at least a plurality of other locations in the same layer; andrecording data for at least analytical processes, wherein the data is recorded in a memory and generated during the user Web site session using the data recording components.