METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET TRAFFIC MONITORING BY THIRD PARTIES USING MONITORING IMPLEMENTS TRANSMITTED VIA PIGGYBACKING HTTP TRANSACTIONS

摘要

Disclosed is an internet traffic monitoring method that includes a network service provider analyzing an HTTP transaction involving an internet user client. The network service provider responds to the HTTP transaction by forwarding, to the internet user client, a modified web object including a monitoring implement. After forwarding the modified web object to the internet user client, the network service provider forwards a web object, originally associated with the HTTP transaction, to the internet user client.