Method and apparatus providing for automatically restarting a client-server connection in a distributed network
US6216163A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0888
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing visualization of performance of a distributed network. The method provides a user interface allowing easy visualization of the performance together with methods and apparatus for determining the distance from a client to a server in the network, for determining a service provider domain, for determining network congestion level, for determining bottleneck throughput, for determining bottleneck location, for determining page retrieval time and for automatically restarting a page under predetermined conditions.
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