SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING, COLLECTING AND PROCESSING DATA RELATING TO REMOTELY OR LOCALLY ACCESSED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS OR APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention provides method for monitoring the behavior of a user accessing an electronic source of information such as a web site, electronic documents, web applications or software applications, accessed on a user station, comprising the following steps: - providing in the user station an intelligent agent at the same time as at least a part of the source of information is accessed, - executing said agent in said user station in order to collect data representative of user actions and semantic contents in relation with accessing the source of information, and to transfer said collected data to a collection and processing server, and collecting and processing said data in said collection and processing server to output user data regarding user behavior. The present invention further provides a source of information generator, an intelligent agent and a combination of a server providing sources of information and a plurality of user stations in relation with this method.