Patent ID: 7720954

Claim:
A method for using a dynamic response time to determine responsiveness of one or more network services on a server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining, by a monitor, a response time for each of one or more network services responding to requests; (b) establishing, by the monitor, an average response time based on the determined response time for each of the one or more network services; (c) associating, by the monitor, with the established average response time a predetermined threshold for which the response time of the one or more network services may deviate from the average response time and maintain an indication of responsiveness; (d) monitoring, by the monitor, the response time of the one or more network services to one or more requests; (e) determining, by the monitor, that the response time of the one or more network services deviates from the average response time by the predetermined threshold; and (f) indicating, by the monitor, that one or more network services are unavailable.