Determining data feed usage

摘要

A data feed server configured for tracking usage of a data feed includes a data feed server configured to respond to polls from client computers and transmit a data feed in response to a poll from a client computer. The data feed server is further configured to received usage data from a client computer that indicates usage of the data feed at the client computer. A client computer for accessing a data feed includes a client computer configured to communicate with at least one data feed server that publishes a data feed. The client computer selectively polls the data feed server for the data feed. The client computer is further configured to record usage data indicating usage of the data feed at the client computer and, in a subsequent polling of the data feed sever, report the usage data for the data feed to the data feed server. A method of determining usage of a data feed includes collecting information with a data server that indicates whether a data feed provided by the data server was accessed by a user at a client computer to which the data server had transmitted the data feed.

主权项

1. A system for tracking usage of a data feed, comprising:
a data feed server configured to respond to a poll from a client computers and transmit a data feed in response to said poll from said client computer; in which said data feed server is further configured to receive usage data from said client computer that indicates usage of said data feed at said client computer, in which said usage data is appended to the poll received from said client computer for transmission of the data feed.