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System, method, and program for measuring performance in a network system
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1999-05-12
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Granted: 2003-07-01
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Expires: 2019-05-12
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a method, system, and program for generating network performance data. Performance information including a performance time to download a page and execute the page within an application program is received. The received performance information is processed and then performance information output indicating network performance is generated in response to processing the performance information.
Inventors
- 👤 Greg Elliott Merriam
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F11/3409; G06F11/3419; G06F11/3466; G06F11/3495; G06F2201/00; G06F2201/87
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for generating network performance data, comprising: receiving performance information including a performance time to download a page and execute the page within an application program; processing the received performance information; generating performance information output indicating network performance in response to processing the performance information; determining a network address at a location; and utilizing the performance information output to estimate a performance time for a hypothetical device at the network address to download and execute the page, wherein the performance information further includes a response time, and wherein utilizing the performance information to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address comprises: calculating a ratio of the performance time to the response time; determining a response time for the hypothetical device at the network address; and applying the ratio to the hypothetical device response time to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for generating network performance data, comprising: receiving performance information including a performance time to download a page and execute the page within an application program; processing the received performance information; generating performance information output indicating network performance in response to processing the performance information; determining a network address at a location; and utilizing the performance information output to estimate a performance time for a hypothetical device at the network address to download and execute the page, wherein the performance information further includes a response time, and wherein utilizing the performance information to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address comprises: calculating a ratio of the performance time to the response time; determining a response time for the hypothetical device at the network address; and applying the ratio to the hypothetical device response time to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the hypothetical device response time is determined by performing a PING operation to the network address.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein there are multiple performance times and a base performance time, wherein the ratio of the performance time to the response time is calculated by: (i) determining a network delay time by subtracting the base performance time from the performance time; and (ii) determining the ratio by dividing the network delay time by the response time, wherein applying the ratio to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address further comprises determining an estimated network delay time by multiplying the hypothetical device response time times the ratio and adding the base performance time to the estimated network delay time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein ratios are calculated for different page sizes, and wherein the performance time is estimated according to a specific page size.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratio applied to estimate the performance time for the hypothetical device at the network address is calculated by averaging ratios across performance times.
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