US 7,321,903 B2
Method for unified collection of content analytic data
John Hans Handy-Bosma, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); Kevin Holubar, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); Shannon James Kerlick, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); Dan Jeffrey Mandelstein, Austin, Tex. (US); Arvind Raveendranathan Nair, Bangalore (India); Mei Yang Selvage, Austin, Tex. (US); Thomas Christopher Storey, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. (US); and Sudhandhira Selvan Viswanathan, Bangalore (India)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on May 06, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/840,563.
Prior Publication US 2005/0251530 A1, Nov. 10, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—104.1  [707/3] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A program product for storing in a data repository a plurality of evaluations from a plurality of users who evaluate a distributed content page using a content rating window, the program product comprising:
a computer-usable medium;
wherein the computer usable medium comprises instructions for a computer to perform steps comprising:
accepting access by one of the plurality of users to the distributed content page;
creating a user session;
accepting a user evaluation of the distributed content page; and saving the user evaluation as a user rating in the data repository, wherein the user rating is cross-referenced with the user session and an external stimuli;
wherein the content rating window is a graphical user interface that allows the user to rate the distributed content page;
wherein the evaluations are stored with a version of the distributed content, a version of the content rating window, and the external stimuli presented to the users; and
wherein the distributed content page is displayed on a portable electronic device.