Patent ID: 7269651
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, in a distributed data processing system having at least one network, for evaluating an operation of an application executing on a data processing device, comprising: measuring at least one performance parameter of the application using a first probe that executes a script on a first data processing device on which the application executes, wherein the script measures the at least one performance parameter of the application; measuring the at least one performance parameter of the application using a second probe that executes the script on a second data processing device remotely located from the first data processing device on which the application executes, wherein execution of the script on the second data processing device causes transactions to be performed across the at least one network; adjusting the measurements of the at least one performance parameter performed by the second probe to represent a type of network connection for communicating with the application that is common to end users of the application by converting measurement data using at least one conversion algorithm; setting threshold values for the at least one performance parameter; mapping the measurements of the at least one performance parameter performed by the first probe and the second probe to the threshold values; and outputting an indication of an evaluation of an operation of the application based on the mapping of the measurements of the at least one performance parameter performed by the first probe and the second probe to the threshold values.