Method and system for tracking network use

(57) The method and equipment for pursuing a network use member like a bidirectional media distribution network who distributes programming to the set top box connected with summary screen-display equipment are indicated. This equipment pursues an event including change of the situation of the set top box caused by the dispatch and the dialog of a member to a program, change of a channel, or specific bidirectional service application. Each application forms the event record containing ID, event, and time stamp of application. The collected event record is saved temporarily, is compressed, is divided per packet, is sent to an integrated control unit, and has contents data in which programming distributed through event record and a network there is shown unified. The event record and contents data form event temporality record of each member's set top box, and it shows the program executed by the member's action or the member over a certain selected time.