Browser Agent Network Traffic Analysis Tag Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Configuring webpages with tags for network traffic analysis is complex due to the volume and variability of tags, making it challenging for developers to confirm correct tagging and generate accurate analytics and reports.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a web browser agent to record network activity, including events triggered by tags, and transmit data to an analytics server for processing, allowing for the generation of reports that verify the correct configuration of tags and provide detailed analysis of user interactions across multiple web pages and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If tags are embedded in webpages for network traffic analysis, then network traffic can be tracked and analyzed, but the complexity and volume of tags make it challenging to configure and validate them correctly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of a recording module in the web browser and an analytics server that mediates between the tags embedded in webpages and the final analysis. This intermediary captures network activity and tag-triggered events, processes them through event processing protocols, and generates validated reports, thereby reducing the direct complexity of tag configuration while maintaining analysis accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the network activity and tag events through automated recording in the web browser. Instead of directly configuring and validating complex tags, the system captures copies of the actual network traffic and event data, processes these copies through standardized protocols, and generates reports that verify tag configuration accuracy without requiring direct manual validation of each tag
2Reliability
If multiple tags are embedded across multiple web pages, then comprehensive network activity can be captured, but it becomes difficult to confirm correct tagging and generate accurate reports
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by generating reports that show the actual network activity captured and processed from multiple web pages. The analytics server processes events from numerous tags across multiple pages and provides feedback through standardized reports, allowing verification of correct tagging without direct manual inspection of each tag configuration
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary analytics server processes the extensive data from multiple tags across numerous web pages. This intermediary applies event processing protocols to standardize and validate the data, generating reports that confirm correct tagging across the entire multi-page environment without requiring direct measurement or validation of each individual tag
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AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of configuring a resource for network traffic analysis. An agent executed by a computing device receives an indication to record a browsing session. The agent records network activity data of the browsing session. The agent generates a data file with the recording. The agent transmits the data file and a request to generate a report to an analytics server. The analytics server receives the request and extracts the network activity data from the data file. The analytics server applies an event processing protocol to the network activity data. The analytics server generates a report and transmits the report to the client device for display.