Delivery performance analysis for internet services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRichard J. Gerlach, David Edward Haslam, Charles S. Shull
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Abstract
One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing the delivery performance of newsgroup services. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment, among others, includes a newsgroup evaluation system configured to determine a delivery rate for a newsgroup server. In other embodiments, methods and systems are provided for analyzing completion and retention for newsgroup services.
Claims30
A method for assessing delivery performance of a network server over a communication network, comprising:
- making a request for a service to be performed by the network server;
- measuring a delivery rate at which the service is performed by the network server;
- comparing a measurement of the delivery rate with the nominal standard for performing the service successfully;
- checking operability of the communication network to determine feasibility in making an independent assessment of a performance of the network server with regard to the communication network, wherein a determination is made as to whether the communication network is currently supporting a delivery rate for the network server above a nominal standard;
- saving results of the comparison if the independent assessment is determined to be possible;
- and
- disregarding the results of the comparison if the independent assessment is determined to not be possible.
A computer-readable storage medium having a program for assessing delivery performance of a network server over a communication network, the storage medium excluding signals, the program having instructions for performing:
- making a request for a service to be performed by the network server;
- measuring a delivery rate at which the service is performed by the network server;
- comparing a measurement of the delivery rate with the nominal standard for performing the service successfully;
- checking operability of the communication network to determine feasibility in making an independent assessment of a performance of the network server with regard to the communication network, wherein a determination is made as to whether the communication network is currently supporting a delivery rate for the network server above a nominal standard;
- saving results of the comparison if the independent assessment is determined to be possible;
- and
- disregarding the results of the comparison if the independent assessment is determined to not be possible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.