Patent ID: 8326973
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that executes on a processor to perform the method, comprising: configuring, by the processor, an agent to simulate operations of a transaction on a client of a network and configuring the agent for evaluating dynamically enforceable conditions defined in policies at run time of the agent on the client for reporting back specific information provided for in the policies; installing, by the processor, the agent on the client over a network; instructing, by the processor, the agent over the network to initiate the transaction processing on the client; and receiving, by the processor, metrics over the network from the agent associated with processing the transaction on the client, the agent processes the transaction a combination of asynchronous operations and synchronous operations, wherein the metrics are for each operation taken when processing the transaction, the metrics are received as intra-transactional metrics obtained for each operation of the transaction and some metrics are also received for the transaction as a whole and the metrics are received for the transaction and each network node that is used during the transaction.