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Computer use meter and analyzer

Steven R. Coffey, +4 more
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In this article, the use of a personal computer by a user through a log file (11) includes entries corresponding to predetermined events and can report on the applications used and communication functions engaged in by the user.
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The subject system measures and reports the use of a personal computer by a user through a log file (11). The log file (11) includes entries corresponding to predetermined events and can report on the applications used and communication functions engaged in by the user. The log files (11) from one or more computers may be assembled and analyzed in order to ascertain computer use habits for computer software, computer hardware and computer communications. The system may also be used to predict computer use trends and to represent computer use history.

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