Patent ID: 8010655
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating bandwidth of a network for delivery of data to a client, the method comprising: generating a data object having a predetermined size; wrapping the data object with a web scripting language for generating a beginning and an ending time stamp, to provide a web page; sending the provided web page to the client over the network, whereby the web scripting language generates the beginning and the ending time stamp; receiving the generated beginning and ending time stamp; estimating bandwidth of the network based on the generated beginning and ending time stamp and the size of the data object; wherein said generating the data object comprises generating random data; further comprising: receiving a web page requested by the client; generating one or more passive monitoring data probes comprises wrapping a web scripting language around one or more selected data objects in the received web page, the web scripting language generating a beginning and an ending time stamp when received by the client browser; sending the generated one or more passive monitoring probes to the client; and receiving the beginning and ending time stamp generated by the sent one or more passive monitoring data probes.