Patent ID: 7546368

Claim:
A computer implemented method for isolating local performance variation in website monitoring, comprising: identifying a target website to be monitored; identifying a set of agents to conduct the monitoring of the target website; conducting a series of network communication tests between each agent and the target website; selecting a set of baseline agents from the set of agents, wherein the set of baseline agents comprise those agents having the most reliable responses to the series of network communication tests and wherein each baseline agent periodically monitors the target website; selecting a set of monitor agents from the set of agents, wherein the set of monitor agents comprise the non-baseline agents in the set of agents and wherein at least one monitor agent periodically monitors the target website; and monitoring the target website in a plurality of monitoring rounds, wherein each monitoring round comprises monitoring the target website from each baseline agent and from at least one monitor agent; and compiling a monitor report for the target website based on increased monitoring from said baseline agents relative to the monitoring from said monitor agents, wherein the compiled monitor provides a monitor report having normalized local performance variation.