Patent ID: 7373376
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring performance of a web-site transaction between a data acquisition agent and an information source over a network, the transaction comprising requesting information from the information source connected to the network and interacting with the information source, the method comprising: receiving at the data acquisition agent, a transaction previously recorded between a user machine and the information source; sending a request for information to the information source from the data acquisition agent connected to the network to begin the transaction; loading data responsive to the request for information onto the data acquisition agent from the information source; continuing the transaction between the information source and the data acquisition agent by simulating said transaction previously recorded between the user machine and the information source, wherein simulating said transaction comprises updating state information on a web page and linking web pages together; collecting performance measurements by the data acquisition agent for the transaction, wherein said performance measurements comprise download time of data during said transaction and includes browser execution time; and sending the performance measurements collected by the data acquisition agent to a storage device.