Page phase time

• US 10,305,768 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Feng, Chao, Chai, Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Abyaneh, Ali S
• Application Number:
  US14/149,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20140122713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level

Abstract

A method of measuring load time for a web page includes video recording a duration of the web page load including capturing N frames in a series of frames 1 through N of the web page. The method includes comparing each frame from frame 1 through frame N−1 with a next frame from frame 2 through frame N in the series of frames to determine a pixel change amount between the compared frames. The method includes defining a series of page phases for the duration of the web page load, each page phase defined by a start time and an end time with each phase start time determined based on estimating user perceptible pixel change amount levels.

Claims

1. A computing device implemented method comprising:

video recording a duration of a web page load including capturing N frames in a continuous series of frames 1 through N of the web page;

comparing each frame from frame 1 through frame N−

1 with a next frame from frame 2 through frame N in the continuous series of frames to determine a pixel change amount between the compared frames, the pixel change amount comprising a pixel change ratio;

defining a continuous series of page phases for the duration of the web page load, each page phase defined by a start time and an end time with each phase start time determined based on estimating user perceptible pixel change amount levels, a total duration of all of the continuous series of page phases added together is equal to the duration of a web page load, each frame having a frame capture time, the defining comprising;

for each comparing, if the pixel change amount is greater than a threshold, setting a first of the compared frames'"'"' capture time as an end time of a previous phase and setting a second of the compared frames'"'"' capture time as a start time of a next phase;

reporting page phase time (PPT) information defining the page phases in the continuous series of page phases; and

minimizing at least one selected page phase in the continuous series of page phases by adjusting at least one of web server resources and parameters in response to the PPT information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the video recording comprises:

video recording a whole duration of a web page load.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the video recording comprises:

video recording only a portion of a whole duration of a web page load.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising:

detecting a video playing on the web page and determining a start video time and an end video time of the video playing that defines one page phase.

5. A system comprising:

memory to store instructions;

a processor to execute the instructions to;

video record a duration of a web page load including capturing N frames in a continuous series of frames 1 through N of the web page;

compare each frame from frame 1 through frame N−

1 with a next frame from frame 2 through frame N in the continuous series of frames to determine a pixel change amount between the compared frames, the pixel change amount comprising a pixel change ratio;

define a continuous series of page phases for the duration of the web page load, each page phase defined by a start time and an end time with each phase start time determined based on estimating user perceptible pixel change amount levels, a total duration of all of the continuous series of page phases added together is equal to the duration of a web page load, each frame having a frame capture time, for each compare, if the pixel change amount is greater than a threshold, setting a first of the compared frames'"'"' capture time as an end time of a previous phase and setting a second of the compared frames'"'"' capture time as a start time of a next phase;

report page phase time (PPT) information defining the page phases in the continuous series of page phases; and

minimize at least one selected page phase in the continuous series of page phases by adjusting at least one of web server resources and parameters in response to the PPT information.

6. The system of claim 5, the processor to execute the instructions to:

video record a whole duration of a web page load.

7. The system of claim 5, the processor to execute the instructions to:

video record only a portion of a whole duration of a web page load.

8. The system of claim 5, the processor to execute the instructions to:

detect a video playing on the web page and determine a start video time and an end video time of the video playing that defines one page phase.