WO2001045355A2 - Method for measuring and analysing audience on communication networks - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of audience measurement and analysis on open or closed computer networks of the intranet, extranet or Internet type, and more generally on any type of computer network.
- the invention more particularly makes it possible to collect, store, transmit and analyze the operations related to the use of the computer network on an individual terminal, in particular a computer, but also any equipment equipped with access to a computer network equipped with a physical access or not to said network (wired or wireless).
- the growing development of the Internet in particular in the context of commercial relations, and of all means of communication such as electronic mail, data transfer using the FTP protocol, video or HTTP protocol, requires the use of new means of audience measurement and analysis to study user behavior.
- the conventional means of measuring and analyzing the audience in particular the methods using questionnaires associated with user panels, do not make it possible to study concretely the behaviors linked to these new means of communication.
- PCT patent application WO98 / 26529 describes a measurement and analysis system which records the use of online and offline services via interactive service devices.
- the system in particular measures and analyzes access to home pages, advertisements and other resources.
- the means used consist of the use of activity records sorting between the different types of actions performed by the user and then pre-processing of the data received according to their type.
- US patent 5,675,510 describes an audience measurement and analysis system making it possible to memorize certain actions performed by the user.
- the patented system measures, analyzes and transmits information related to the use of a computer through an activity log. This log includes the data linked to predetermined events and makes it possible to know the programs and the communication functions launched by the user. This information is then analyzed to determine the user's usage habits.
- This method uses activity logs and messages used by the operating system internally to determine which resources are being used.
- the main drawback is that it depends on the operating system and gives access to a limited amount of information.
- the present invention makes it possible to improve the methods for collecting reliable information concerning the use of a network by a terminal.
- the invention makes it possible to study all the types of communication linked to a computer network such as the Internet, in particular electronic mail, live communications, multimedia data transfers, games and any other standardized or proprietary communication protocol. using packet information transfer following the IP protocol.
- the present invention also makes it possible to facilitate the establishment of panels of individual users in order to improve the quality of the audience studies carried out for any type of actor using an open or closed communication network.
- the present invention relates to a method for measuring and analyzing activity on at least one network. data packet communication device as described in claim 1.
- the method for measuring and analyzing activity on at least one communication network per data packet, of a plurality of terminals implements means for collecting data and transmitting said collected data to a central device. comprising a database for storing the information collected.
- Said method comprises a step of acquiring information relating to the data exchanged on the communication network by the terminals, said information comprising at least the descriptive information of each packet transmitted or received by each terminal, a step of transmitting said information collected to the central equipment, and a subsequent step of analyzing the information collected and generating aggregated databases to provide data representative of the activity of a panel of equipment connected to the communication network.
- the method is characterized in that it comprises an initial step of installation and configuration of the operating parameters of a computer application interacting with the network layer of the operating system only, excluding the application layer of exploitation of the data exchanged with the network [browser, FTP software, messaging, etc.] on the terminals or on a gateway when the terminals do not allow the registration of such an application.
- the step of analyzing and acquiring information relating to the data exchanged on the communication network is carried out in real time.
- Communication on the communication network is preferably based on the IP protocol.
- the initial installation step consists in installing on terminals a inf ormat ic application of analysis and collection of communication protocol data exchanged by the terminal on the network.
- the initial step of instal lation c ons is to install a computer application for data collection on gateways
- the data collected by the terminals or the gateways is transmitted to a server by the communication network itself, and the activity data is stored in the central equipment.
- the measurement step includes the recording in a random access memory of all the requests sent and of the responses received by the user as well as the time stamp of said requests.
- the initial recording step consists of saving in a memory of the measurement server [http] the user's identification information, as well as the request for the home page he has chosen, and the result of the application of a hash function of said request.
- the terminal configuration step can be carried out by sending a short message (SMS, etc.) containing the user's aggregated address.
- SMS short message
- the method further comprises, preferably a step of specifying a limited population of terminal users forming a panel, said method comprising a step of acquiring information relating to the data exchanged on the communication network by the sub- set of terminals defined only, and a subsequent step of analyzing the information collected to provide data representative of the activity of the subset of equipment connected to the communication network.
- the information collected by the server from the terminals includes, in addition to the descriptive information of each packet sent or received by the terminal, an identifier of the user of said terminal, the method comprising a subsequent step of segmenting the data, by comparing each information received by the server with a database containing a data allocation table.
- the method may include an additional step consisting in constituting a database specific to a client user of the method, containing at least all the data collected for the latter, the client client having a computer means for interrogating this specific database. .
- At least one targeted survey application can also appear on visualization means of said terminal, the content of which is a function of said information relating to the data exchanged on the network.
- a history of the responses to said targeted surveys is produced and recorded at said terminal or at the level of the server which sent said application.
- the method comprises a step of classifying the different types of activity on a communication network, a step of specifying a limited population of users forming a panel, said method comprising a subsequent step of synthesizing the information analyzed to provide data representative of the activity of the subset of equipment connected to the communication network.
- the method may include an additional step of constituting a database specific to a client user of the method, containing at least all of the data collected for the latter, the client user having computer means for interrogating this database. specific.
- the step of analyzing the data collected consists in processing at least part of the data comprising an identifier of the internet user [ Internet user id]; the response to the request made [Id page ]; the start date of consultation of said response by said Internet user [T pd ]; and the date of end of consultation of the result of the request by said internet user [T pf ], the identifier of the session [Id s ], the start of a session [T ⁇ D ] corresponding to the start of a connection to the network by said internet user, the end of said connection [T sf ].
- This step makes it possible to determine from said information, a certain number of indices: • a “Gross day point” index
- GssesP Gross Session Point index corresponding to the percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of Web sessions per Internet user
- GPP index corresponding to the percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of separate WEB pages per Internet user
- GdisP “Gross display Point” index corresponding to the percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of pages, distinct or not, displayed by the Internet user
- a TARGET REACH index corresponding to the number of Internet users of a given target, for a given domain, compared to the number of individuals of the target;
- a TARGET SHARE index defined by the number of Internet users of the target who have visited a domain (site, sector, etc.) relative to the number of global Internet users who have visited the domain (site, sector, etc.);
- a TARGET DISPLAY SHARE index defined by the number of pages displayed by the target compared to the number of pages displayed for all Internet users on the domain (site, sector, ...); • a BANNER DISPLAY SHARE index defined by the number of advertising banners seen by a target on a domain (site, sector, 7) compared to the number of advertising banners seen by all Internet users on the domain (site, sector , ...); • a PAGES WITH BANNER DISPLAY SHARE index defined by the number of pages with advertising seen by the target on the domain (site, sector, %) in relation to the number of pages with advertising seen by all Internet users on the domain (site, sector, ...);
- a DISPLAY AFFINITY index defined by the number of pages viewed by a target on a site, domain or service, based on the total number of pages viewed on the site, the domain;
- a BANNER AFFINITY index defined by the percentage of banner ads seen by a target on a site, domain or service, based on the total number of banner ads seen on the site, the domain;
- BANNER AFFINITY index defined by the percentage of pages with advertising seen by a target on a site, domain or service, compared to the total number of pages with advertising seen on the site, the domain;
- the method can further include a subsequent step of detecting advertising information by analyzing the data collected by comparison with a reference base and statistical and behavioral exploitation of said detected information.
- the present invention also relates to equipment for measuring activity, characterized in that it comprises a measurement server connected to the Internet, said measurement server comprising a database in which the identifiers and the corresponding requests are recorded. to the home pages requested by panelized users, and a calculator ensuring detection and processing of requests generated by users.
- the method (20) according to the invention is a method for measuring and analyzing activity on a data packet communication network (30), [for example a communication network based on the TCP / IP protocol] a plurality of terminals (10).
- terminals can constitute, for example, in a certain number of personal computers, PC; (11), portable computers (12), pocket organizers (13), fixed telephones with access to the Internet or Webphone (14), personal assistants (15), terminals for accessing the Internet of the television type (16), of mobile telephones with access to the Internet of the WAP, UMTS, GPRS, I-MODE (17) telephones, or the like.
- the method (20) implements means of real-time analysis, data collection and transmission of said collected data to a central device comprising a database for storing the information collected.
- Said method comprises a step of acquiring information relating to the data exchanged on the communication network by said terminals, said information comprising at least the descriptive information of each packet transmitted or received by each terminal allowing the analysis of the protocols used, a step of transmitting said collected information to the central equipment, and a subsequent step of analyzing the collected information and generating aggregated databases to provide data representative of the activity of a panel of equipment connected to the network communication.
- the method is characterized in that it comprises an initial step of installing and configuring the operating parameters of a computer application, said application interacting with the network layer of the operating system only, excluding the application layer. operating data exchanged with the network [browser, FTP software, messaging, etc.] on individual terminals or on a gateway [when the terminals do not allow the registration of such an application].
- IP protocol When connected to the Internet, information transmitted using the IP protocol is intercepted by a specific program. This information is processed independently of the operating system and the software used to connect. Specific means then make it possible to analyze, filter in real time and collect the data exchanged in order to identify information useful for studying the uses of the different protocols used (HTTP, SMTP, POP3, WAP or any other standardized protocol or owner used) on the computer network.
- the invention thus makes it possible to intercept this information in the network layer of the operating system.
- the invention also applies to any terminal connected or not physically to a computer network such as wireless terminals (WAP mobile phone, GPRS, UMTS, I-Mode ).
- the initial installation step consists in installing on terminals a computer application for collecting data from the communication protocol exchanged by the terminal over the network.
- the initial installation step consists in installing a computer data collection application on a gateway [WAP, UMTS, GPRS, I-MODE, ...] of connection between the terminals and the network.
- the TCP / IP packets are intercepted and memorized in a specific activity log containing any information that may be useful for studying user behavior.
- This additional information consists, for example, of a time stamp, an identification of the terminal, an identification of the user or of software in action using network resources.
- each panelist is then provided with an application file for the processing of the information collected.
- This application file allows the interception of data related to the panelist. It can be installed either on its terminal or on a specific server.
- the system according to the invention also uses implementation tools allowing the installation of the measurement and analysis application, means of encoding and compression of the data used for the activity log, means of specific transfer to the activity log as well as user identification means.
- Data encoding and compression reduce the memory space occupied by activity logs and improve the security of information contained in these logs during the transfer in particular.
- the data collected can be transmitted to one or more servers. These data are decoded and decompressed, then undergo specific processing in order to be inserted into a database. These data are then subjected to a statistical processing allowing to extract the useful information and to create analysis reports of the use of the terminals.
- the transfer of this data can be carried out according to a specific programming, periodically, or according to individual requests.
- the invention makes it possible to send a polling window whose content depends on the context of the exchange of information in particular applicable to the analysis and study of electronic commerce.
- the present invention thus makes it possible to obtain relevant information on the exchanges of information (encrypted or not) which have just been carried out, because on the one hand said survey is carried out quickly after the action and on the other hand because that the questions asked depend on the context of the exchange of information.
- the process runs in the background on his computer and preferably starts automatically when it is started.
- the process is activated when a connection using the IP protocol is launched by the user.
- the method monitors connections by intercepting data packets in real time. It records in an activity log all activities based on Internet protocols but none of the data transmitted and / or received (in accordance with the privacy of the panelists). It allows detailed monitoring of the use of Internet protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, POP3; monitoring of duration, volume and soc and other protocols such as ICQ, Audio / Video, FTP, AOL, Infonie, etc.
- Internet protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, POP3
- monitoring of duration, volume and soc and other protocols such as ICQ, Audio / Video, FTP, AOL, Infonie, etc.
- This application interrogates the paneled user thanks to the detection of pre-established parameters recorded by the process.
- the configuration parameters allowing the launching of the survey application consist, for example, of a database of domain names and type of protocols.
- This survey application can be run directly on the user's computer or on a server.
- the survey application is in the form of a pop-up window that appears on the screen to question the user of the terminal.
- the user responds with a few clicks of the mouse to the questionnaire which was targeted according to the context and the name of the domain detected, for example.
- the application takes into account the recurring activity of the user thanks to the recording of a history of survey situations and to the personalization of the triggering parameters of the application.
- the application analyzes in real time the active url of the browser and the protocol used to trigger the survey application. This functionality allows to know the behavior of the user, whatever the coding system of the exchanged data. It also allows the identification of users and the analysis of information at the individual level.
- the automatic transfer of activity logs is carried out according to determined thresholds (configurable remotely) from the panelist's computer to one or more specific servers. As soon as the information file is received by the particular server, a recurring periodic process will recover this file, archive it, and load the data contained in a database of the particular server.
- This data contained in a database is then subjected to statistical processing enabling it to extract the information necessary for the establishment of summary reports on the use of terminals and behavior.
- the processing of this data is carried out according to a specific procedure, periodically, or according to individual requests.
- the objective is to provide the keys to understanding the behavior of Internet users.
- the use of the network is analyzed in its different components by categories of Internet users.
- the method according to the invention provides summaries of their purchasing, reservations, information, etc. procedures. This synthesis makes it possible in particular to optimize recruitment and loyalty plans.
- the terminal user In practice, the terminal user must first register online on the registration website provided for this purpose. During this registration, he is assigned a unique identification number. This number is recorded by the device and will be contained in each log sent in order to allow the identification of the user and the source of the log received.
- the invention makes it possible, via a gateway, to intercept and store the activity in a log.
- the measurement step comprises recording in a random access memory all the accesses generated by the user as well as the time and the date of detection of said accesses.
- the measurement method according to the invention consists in interposing a measurement server between the WAP gateway and the servers of the Internet network.
- the wireless terminal user must first register online, for example by accessing an html page constituting a registration form on the site of the audience measurement operator from a computer. connected to the Internet.
- This registration relates to the identity of the user, personal information to qualify him, and the address of the url of the home page.
- This information is transmitted to the server in the form of a computer message.
- the registration server assigns a unique identifier to user and saves the results of a hash function on the home page.
- the aggregated home page is of the form:
- the part before the question mark corresponds to the url address of the measurement server.
- the question mark is the first separator.
- the part after the question mark corresponds to the identifier assigned by the measurement server.
- the & character constitutes a second separator.
- the last part corresponds to the home page summarized in an integer resulting from a hash function.
- This aggregated address is stored in the memory of the user's wireless terminal, in the area corresponding to the address of the home page.
- the measurement server detects all the http links (url) on the page requested by the user and dynamically transforms them into whole number according to a hashing algorithm, assigning to each url a unique number following the model of the aggregated home page above.
- the method thus makes it possible to measure the activity of the identified user of the terminal by storing each of the urls generated in a log file. All the data collected by the technology according to the invention makes it possible to explore both the uses of the Internet or of any type of computer network and the audience of the main sites. Advertising is the subject of a specific study within the various processes for processing the data collected.
- the invention furthermore comprises a step of searching for advertisements, in the various forms that it can use on the communication network, to which the measured users have been exposed.
- Network usage web, email and other uses
- Network usage is analyzed in its different components (frequency of use, time spent, breakdowns between uses, type of attachment for e-mails, etc.) by categories of Internet users (and in particular by PMG distribution: Small - Medium - Large Internet users).
- PMG distribution Small - Medium - Large Internet users.
- the application of the process offers the possibility of cross-sorting between Small-Medium-Large Internet users for each use of the network, crossing the characteristics of Internet users (age, gender, PCS ...) with all the uses they make of the network.
- the method according to the invention provides results in their marketing procedures, in particular in the optimization of recruitment and loyalty plans.
- the process allows the analysis of the weight of each sector of activity on the Web (banking, finance, car manufacturers, transport, entertainment ...) and of the journey of Internet users between sectors: page views, time spent, number of sessions .
- the first category contains the unit indices: coverage rate (number of unique visitors per month), frequency, average number of days of connection, single pages or different views, page display, time spent on a site, total time spent on sites, share of web activity within sessions ...
- the second category includes composite indices. These indices synthesize the coverage and the different unit indices Gross Day Point, Gross Session Point, Gross Page Point, Gros Display Point, Gross Duration Point.
- GsesP "Gross Session Point”: Percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of Web sessions per Internet user. Compared to the share of multiple visitors calculated on the number of sessions, this indicator makes it possible to classify the domains.
- GPP "Gross Page Point”: Percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of distinct Web pages per Internet user.
- GdisP "Gross Display Point”: Percentage of Internet users multiplied by the number of pages (distinct or not) displayed per Internet user. The GPP / GdisP report measures the fact that Internet users have seen the same page several times.
- GdurP "Gross Duration Point”: Percentage of Internet users multiplied by duration (session in minutes) per Internet user. • Reach: Number of visitors for a domain compared to the number of Internet users.
- Target Reach Number of target visitors for a given domain compared to the number of target individuals.
- Target Share Number of target individuals who have visited a domain (site, sector, etc.) compared to the total number of Internet users who have visited the domain (site, sector, etc.).
- Target Display Share Number of pages displayed by the target compared to the number of pages displayed by all Internet users on the domain (site, sector, etc.).
- Banner Display Share Number of advertising banners seen by a target on a domain (site, sector, etc.) compared to the number of advertising banners seen by all Internet users on the domain (site, sector, etc.) .
- Pages with Banner Display Share Number of pages with advertising seen by the target on a domain
- This indicator measures the fact that the proportion of visitors to the domain within the target group compared to the proportion of the target group among Internet users. This indicator is higher than 100 if the target group's coverage rate is higher than the coverage rate of all Internet users. Number of visitors belonging to the target on a domain
- banner ad affinity This. index is calculated from the percentage of banner ads seen by a target (target: man, woman, gender, age group, type of internet user ...) on a site, domain or service compared to the total number of banner ads viewed on the site, domain or service.
- the area with the highest banner ad affinity index is the area in which it is most effective to place advertising to reach the target, in terms of banner advertising.
- Pages with banner Affinity This index is calculated from the percentage of pages with advertising seen by a target (target: man, woman, gender, age group, type of Internet user. .) on a site, domain or service related to the total number of pages with advertising seen on the site, the domain.
- target man, woman, gender, age group, type of Internet user. .
- domain or service related to the total number of pages with advertising seen on the site, the domain.
- the area with the highest affinity index on pages with advertising is the area in which it is most effective to place advertising to reach the target, in terms of pages with advertising.
- indices constitute a tool for measuring the effectiveness of the purchase of advertising space on the Internet, and the cornerstone of the media planning offer. They help and guide clients in positioning, strategic planning, advertising sales and purchasing decisions. These indicators have been developed to meet the growing needs of customers to have behavioral data on Internet users in order to differentiate between sites and other entities on the Internet.
- the invention makes it possible to offer, by a secure web application, a generic data analysis tool. It offers possibilities for crossing the socio-demographic characteristics of Internet users (age, sex, PCS %) and behavioral (sites visited, number of emails, etc.) with the audience of the sites. It makes it possible to establish audience reports for sites or domains and for different uses of the Internet or a computer network.
- the application also makes it possible to identify and view the advertisements disseminated on the Internet and to analyze the socio-demographic profiles of the Internet users who are exposed to them. This information can be delivered for all types of advertising media: banners, buttons before an analysis by sector and product.
- the method according to the invention comprises a step of specifying a subset of equipped terminals which can be the subject of a generic measurement and analysis or limited to a particular population.
- the method according to this variant comprises a step of acquiring information relating to the data exchanged between the communication network and said subset of terminals only, and a subsequent step of analyzing the information collected to provide data representative of the activity of the subset of equipment connected to the communication network.
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