Method of gathering information related to activity of a user and a data processing system program product

摘要

Information related to activity of a user may be provided using a method or a data processing system program product to perform the method. In one embodiment, the method includes sending a first view request to a first electronic site, receiving a first view from the first electronic site, and first information related to the first view request to a second entity that is different from the first entity. In another embodiment, a data processing system program product may perform a method of sending information related to a view request from the user for an electronic site. The information is to be sent to an entity that is different from an entity that substantially controls or owns the electronic site and different from an Internet service provider of the user, if the user is to use the Internet service provider in accessing the electronic site.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of tracking user activity on a website in a manner that is responsive to user tracking selections, comprising:
responsive to a user selection of a first mode of operation to track website activity related to the user, enabling, by a data processing system program product embodied on non-transitory computer memory of a data processing system of the user, the sending of information related to website activity of the user on a website; the data processing system of the user sending a view request to a website server serving the website and receiving from the website server a view substantially corresponding to the view request regardless of whether the sending of information is enabled by the data processing system program product embodied on the data processing system of the user; the data processing system of the user sending the information related to the website activity of the user on the website to an electronic site access provider server; the electronic site access provider server storing or causing the storing of the information related to the website activity of the user on the website in a user information system; and responsive to another user selection of a second mode of operation, the data processing system program product embodied on the data processing system of the user disabling the sending of the information related to the website activity of the user on the website.