Distributed internet user experience monitoring system
US6157618A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/106
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Geographically distributed data-gathering client computers are connected to the Internet in the same manner as typical users (for example, via local dial-up connections). The data-gathering client computers poll a central server (the "UserMon" server) for a target site to access. After receiving the address of a target site from the UserMon server, the data-gathering client computers access the target site and obtain performance-parameter values indicative of the quality of their respective Internet connections to the target site and/or the performance of the target site itself. Each data-gathering client computer then pushes the performance-parameter values back to the "UserMon" server for analysis.
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