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Method and system for monitoring performance of a client-server architecture

US7933988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 20, 2004
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/025
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement which jointly exploits an agent component installed in a server-side portion of client-server architecture for emulating requests of actual clients of the client-server architecture and measuring a server execution time indicative of a time elapsed between reception of an emulated end-user request at a server component and generation of a result of said emulated end-user request at said server component; information stored in a server log file about a hit end to end response time, i.e., the time elapsed between the instant in which the end-user sends a request to the server component and the instant in which result of the request reaches the end-user. From the server execution time and the hit response time, the delay due to the network connecting the server-side portion of the client-server architecture to a client-side portion may be determined. The network delay and the server execution time are then used for monitoring performance of the client-server architecture by distinguishing network related problems from server-related problems or even from client-related problems.

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