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US 11,689,437 B1Granted
Monitoring workflow timing information related to HTTP requests to web servers
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsIvan Veselinov Vatov, Georgi Milenov Dinov, Mincho Antonov Tonev, Milen Vasilev Borchev
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Abstract
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage workflow monitoring between a client and one or more web servers. In one implementation, a client may initiate a workflow and maintain timing information associated with HTTP requests to one or more web servers as part of the workflow. The client further obtains, from the one or more web servers, log information for operations initiated from the HTTP requests to the one or more web servers and generates a timing diagram display based on the timing information and the log information.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- identifying a request to monitor a workflow in a client system, wherein the workflow comprises a software wizard for configuring an application;
- in response to the request, maintaining timing information associated with HTTP requests to one or more web servers in association with the workflow, wherein the timing information comprises at least timestamps associated with initiating each of the HTTP requests and receiving responses to each of the HTTP requests;
- obtaining, from the one or more web servers, log information for operations initiated from the HTTP requests to the one or more web servers, wherein the log information comprises at least timestamps associated with starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations;
- monitoring one or more times associated with user feedback in the workflow;
- and
- generating, for display, a timing diagram based on the timing information and the log information, wherein the timing diagram indicates times for initiating each of the HTTP requests and receiving responses to each of the HTTP requests, wherein the timing diagram further indicates times for starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations, and wherein the timing diagram further indicates the one or more times associated with user feedback to the workflow.
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A computing apparatus comprising:
- a storage system;
- a processing system operatively coupled to the storage system;
- and
- program instructions stored on the storage system that, when executed by the processing system, direct the computing apparatus to:
- identify a request to monitor a workflow in a client system, wherein the workflow comprises a software wizard for configuring an application;
- in response to the request, maintain timing information associated with HTTP requests to one or more web servers in association with the workflow, wherein the timing information comprises at least timestamps associated with initiating each of the HTTP requests and receiving responses to each of the HTTP requests;
- obtain, from the one or more web servers, log information for operations initiated from the HTTP requests to the one or more web servers, wherein the log information comprises at least timestamps associated with starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations;
- monitor one or more times associated with user feedback in the workflow;
- and
- generate, for display, a timing diagram, wherein the timing diagram indicates times for initiating each of the HTTP requests and receiving responses to each of the HTTP requests, wherein the timing diagram further indicates times for starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations, and wherein the timing diagram further indicates the one or more times associated with user feedback to the workflow.
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A system comprising:
- one or more web servers;
- and
- a client system configured to:
- identify a request to monitor a workflow in a client system, wherein the workflow comprises a software wizard for configuring an application;
- in response to the request, maintain timing information associated with network protocol requests to the one or more web servers in association with the workflow, wherein the timing information comprises at least timestamps associated with initiating each of the network protocol requests and receiving responses to each of the network protocol requests;
- obtain, from the one or more web servers, log information for operations initiated from the network protocol requests to the one or more web servers, wherein the log information comprises at least timestamps associated with starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations;
- monitor one or more times associated with user feedback in the workflow;
- and
- generate, for display, a timing diagram based on the timing information and the log information, wherein the timing diagram indicates times for initiating each of the network protocol requests and receiving responses to each of the network protocol requests, wherein the timing diagram further indicates times for starting each of the operations and ending each of the operations, and wherein the timing diagram further indicates the one or more times associated with user feedback to the workflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.