Measuring performance metrics of networked computing entities
US6816886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
It is often desirable to measure performance metrics associated with computing entities such as, for example, computers, computer systems, computing devices, software modules, software layers, or the like. As disclosed, performance metrics regarding remote computing entities may be gathered remotely by routing a network message through specific computing entities of interest, and having the computing entities report performance metrics by adding entries into an editable portion of the network message. That editable portion does not include instructions to be executed by the destination computing entity, but is merely transplanted from the request to the response. In the response direction as well, the response may be routed as originally designated in the request, with each intermediary computing entity in the return path potentially adding an entry with performance metrics.
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