Patent ID: 8572593

Claim:
A method of determining whether application specific parameters are setup for optimal performance of corresponding applications, said method being performed in a digital processing system, said method comprising: maintaining configuration data indicating that a plurality of monitor programs are associated with respective ones of a plurality of application specific parameters, wherein said configuration data indicates the corresponding monitor program associated with each application specific parameter, wherein each monitor program comprises a corresponding set of software instructions, which when executed, is designed to retrieve the current value and a recommended value of the associated application specific parameter, wherein said current value represents a value for the parameter using which said application is enabled to execute at a current time instance and wherein said recommended value represents an optimal value for said single parameter; receiving from a user an identity of an application and a single parameter of said application, said application and said single parameter being respectively contained in said applications and said plurality of application specific parameters of said application; identifying a monitor program among said plurality of monitor programs associated with said single parameter, wherein said identifying inspects said configuration data to identify that said monitor program is associated with said single parameter, wherein said identifying is performed in response to said receiving; executing, upon said identifying, the corresponding set of software instructions comprised in said identified monitor program to cause said current value and said recommended value of said single parameter to be retrieved; comparing said current value with said recommended value of said single parameter to determine whether said single parameter is setup for optimal performance of said application; and sending for display to said user, information representing a result of said comparing, wherein said identifying, said executing, said comparing and said sending are performed in response to, and upon said receiving of said identity of said application and said single parameter from said user such that said user can interactively determine whether desired individual ones of said application specific parameters are setup for optimal performance using said digital processing system.