Patent ID: 7940686
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method facilitating improvements in throughput of a data-communications network, the method comprising: measuring, at a computer executing a network tuner, the throughput over the data-communications network and between at least two endpoints on the data-communications network; displaying, at an output device associated with the computer, a user interface tool to gather information affecting performance of the data-communications network; automatically discovering properties and characteristics of the data-communications network by operation of software; suggesting corrective actions for application to the data-communications network, the suggesting performed by display, at the output device, of a dynamically generated list of suggested actions, the dynamically generated list based in part on direction from the user interface tool and the discovered properties and characteristics, the dynamically generated list comprising instructions for: displaying a graphical representation at the output device, the graphical representation depicting a present throughput of the data-communications network, the graphical representation having an identified target throughput threshold, the identified target throughput threshold being indicative of an acceptable level of the throughput for the data-communications network; providing an audio signal having a first sound when the throughput is above the identified target throughput threshold and a second sound when the throughput is below the identified target throughput threshold, the first and second sounds audible while adjustments are made to an environment within which the data-communications network operates according to the suggested corrective actions, the audio signal switching between the first and second sounds in response to changes in the throughput resulting from the adjustments to the environment; and determining whether the throughput of the data-communications network exceeds the identified target throughput threshold for a specified period of time.