Patent ID: 6301615
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for monitoring the performance of selected computers on a network comprising:executing a first performance monitoring utility on a first computer and a second performance monitoring utility on a second computer, said first performance monitoring utility generating output data in a first format and said second performance monitoring utility generating output data in a second format, wherein said first format and said second format each include one or more numeric fields and wherein said first format and said second format are different;filtering said output data of said first performance monitoring utility using a first filter and filtering said output data of said second performance monitoring utility using a second filter, wherein said first filter producing a first set of key-value pairs and said second filter producing a second set of key-value pairs, wherein said first set of key value pairs and said second set of key value pairs are formatted in the same way;providing said first and said second sets of key-value pairs to a client computer, andexecuting a client application on said client computer, said client application selecting and displaying said performance of said first computer based on said first set of key-value pairs and selecting and displaying said performance of said second computer based on said second set of said key-value pairs.