Patent ID: 9268673
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of load testing an online game server environment using a web-based interface, the method comprising: configuring a load test with configuration parameters including client behavior parameters and server parameters, wherein the client behavior parameters provide settings for various behaviors including cheating and aggressiveness, wherein the server parameters provide a setup for server states and messages, and wherein the configuration parameters are selected to enable the load test to provide assurance of scalability of the online game server environment; building a software application to initiate and control the load test, wherein the software application is built in accordance with the configuration parameters for the load test, and wherein the software application is built to generate test data resulting from the load test; hosting the load test on cloud to perform the load test on cloud applications running on the online game server environment; running the software application using the web-based interface to initiate and control the load test, and to generate test data resulting from the load test; storing the test data in a test result repository; and analyzing the test data for server health during the load test and simulation client metrics.