Patent ID: 7376550
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating behavior of a network user comprising: collecting data representing actual user behavior when interacting with a network; generating a non-deterministic behavior model of a behavior of a network user, wherein generating a non-deterministic behavior model comprises specifying potential network communications that the network user could send and specifying a non-deterministic delay for each of the network communications, the non-deterministic delay comprising an average time that the user waits before or after generating the network communication and a distribution for how much the user is likely to deviate from the average time, wherein the average time and the distribution being determined based on the collected data; and generating and outputting network communications to a network stem based on the generated non-deterministic behavior model to simulate the behavior of the network user and test the network system.