Evaluating computer resources
AssigneeNetScout Service Level Corporation
InventorsBruce Sweet, Bruce A. Kelley JR., Gev Daruwalla, John Fulreader, Gregory Pegram
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Abstract
To closely simulate the experience of an end user, a software agent executes where the end user would be situated and attempts to exercise a computer resource such as a networked application or a network resource in a simulated transaction in exactly or nearly exactly the same way that the computer resource would be exercised by the end user in non-simulated transaction. The results of the simulated transaction and of other simulated transactions by other software agents are communicated to a central software system for recordation and analysis.
Claims33
A method comprising:
- causing a transaction to be executed that emulates an end-user's interaction with a software application, wherein the transaction includes communication with the software application across a network.
A method comprising:
- generating a simulated computer communication at a point in a computer network;
- using a non-simulated network resource to deliver the simulated computer communication to a computer resource;
- and
- evaluating the computer resource based on a result of the delivery of the simulated computer communication to the computer resource.
Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for use in a computer system to cause the computer system to:
- cause a transaction to be executed that emulates an end-user's interaction with a software application, wherein the transaction includes communication with the software application across a network.
Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for use in a computer system to cause the computer system to:
- generate a simulated computer communication at a point in a computer network;
- use a non-simulated network resource to deliver the simulated computer communication to a computer resource;
- and
- evaluate the computer resource based on a result of the delivery of the simulated computer communication to the computer resource.
A system comprising:
- a system that causes a transaction to be executed that emulates an enduser's interaction with a software application, wherein the transaction includes communication with the software application across a network.
A system comprising:
- a generator that generates a simulated computer communication at a point in a computer network;
- a utilizer that uses a non-simulated network resource to deliver the simulated computer communication to a computer resource;
- and
- an evaluator that evaluates the computer resource based on a result of the delivery of the simulated computer communication to the computer resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.