Patent ID: 7379427

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions perform: (a) receiving on a server from a first client a first performance-parameter value indicative of a performance characteristic of a first Internet connection from the first client to an Internet site, the first Internet connection involving a local connection from the first client to the Internet; (b) receiving on the server from a second client a second performance-parameter value indicative of a performance characteristic of a second Internet connection from the second client to the Internet site, the second Internet connection involving a local connection from the second client to the Internet; and (c) storing the first and second performance-parameter values at the server; wherein the performance-parameter values comprise a measure of user experience with the local connection to the Internet site while utilizing client application software to access the Internet site and wherein the first and second performance-parameter values comprises a measurement of full web-page download time as measured and experienced by the client; wherein the server supplies to the first and second clients an address comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the Internet site.