Computer architecture and method for collecting, analyzing and/or transforming internet and/or electronic commerce data for storage into a data storage area

Claim 1

In a computer system for supporting and analyzing Internet and/or electronic commerce data over the world wide web for service providers including at least one of commerce service providers and Internet service providers received from one or more sources, the computer system including at least one user station transmitting a user request, at least one server, connectable to said at least one user station, said at least one server providing said at least one user station access to one or more external data sources, and at least one data collection and analysis system, a mapping system for collecting, analyzing and/or transforming the Internet and/or electronic commerce data of the service providers for storage into a data storage area for subsequent retrieval and analysis, the Internet and/or electronic commerce data including at least one of business operational data and network operational data, said mapping system comprising: a database storing the Internet and/or electronic commerce data for interrogation by the service provider; and at least one computer station, responsively connectable to said database and including data transformation and database load utilities, said at least one computer station performing at least one of the functions of: transforming and organizing the business operational data into a format suitable to be loaded into said database; analyzing, and organizing the network operational data pertaining to network sessions and accesses into the format suitable to be loaded into said database; analyzing, and organizing the web server operational data pertaining to web page requests, accesses, and browsing into the format suitable to be loaded into said database; correlating the network sessions, accounting data, authorization data and web access data to at customers including at least one of individuals and groups; creating categories to facilitate the loading and access of information pertaining to on-line content or Internet and/or electronic commerce applications; translating raw system data pertaining to Internet and/or electronic commerce applications into at least one of a business and marketing context; and at least one of correlating the business operational data and the network operational data into one or more datasets prior to loading into said database, and referencing the one or more datasets in other databases.

Claim 17

A method of collecting, analyzing and/or transforming the Internet and/or electronic commerce data of service providers including at least one of commerce service providers and Internet service providers received from one or more sources, for storage into a data storage area for subsequent retrieval and analysis, the Internet and/or electronic commerce data including at least one of business operational data and Internet operational data, said method comprising the steps of: (a) storing in a database the Internet and/or electronic commerce data for interrogation by the service provider; (b) performing by at least one computer station at least one of the functions of: (1) transforming and organizing the business operational data into a format suitable to be loaded into the database; (2) analyzing, and organizing the web server operational data pertaining to web page requests, accesses, and browsing into the format suitable to be loaded into said database; (3) analyzing, and organizing the Internet operational data pertaining to Internet sessions and accesses into the format suitable to be loaded into the database; (4) correlating the Internet sessions, and authorization and web server access data to customers including at least one of individuals and groups; (5) creating directories of applications to facilitate the loading and access of information pertaining to on-line content or Internet and/or electronic commerce applications; (6) translating raw system data pertaining to Internet and/or electronic commerce applications into a business context; and (7) correlating the business operational data and the Internet operational data into one or more datasets prior to loading into said database.

Claim 18

A method of collecting, analyzing and/or transforming the Internet and/or electronic commerce data of service providers including at least one of commerce service providers and Internet service providers received from one or more sources, for storage into a data storage area for subsequent retrieval and analysis, the Internet and/or electronic commerce data including at least one of business operational data and Internet operational data, said method comprising the steps of: (a) storing in a database the Internet and/or electronic commerce data for interrogation by the service provider; (b) performing by at least one computer station at least one of the functions of: (1) transforming and organizing the business operational data into a format suitable to be loaded into the database; (2) analyzing, and organizing the web server operational data pertaining to web page requests, accesses, and browsing into the format suitable to be loaded into said database; (3) analyzing, and organizing the Internet operational data pertaining to Internet sessions and accesses into the format suitable to be loaded into the database; (4) correlating the Internet sessions, and authorization and web server access data to customers including at least one of individuals and groups; (5) creating directories of applications to facilitate the loading and access of information pertaining to on-line content or Internet and/or electronic commerce applications; (6) translating raw system data pertaining to Internet and/or electronic commerce applications into a business context; and (7) correlating the business operational data and the Internet operational data into one or more datasets prior to loading into said database.