Application above-the-fold rendering measurements

• US 10,346,517 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2014
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Liang, Yubin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Marshon L
• Application Number:
  US14/339,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,811 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet

Abstract

Various embodiments include a method and system for application above-the-fold rendering measurements. A start time corresponding to a rendering operation of an application may be recorded. A series of bitmaps of a portion of a rendering canvas representing above-the-fold data for the application may be captured. The first of the series of bitmaps may be captured at the start time and successive captured bitmaps each captured after a specified time interval from a previously captured bitmap. Each bitmap in the series of bitmaps may then be processed to create a corresponding measurement image, and the measurement images may be compared to determine an end time.

Claims

1. A device including:

a capture module to capture a series of images at irregular intervals that are not constant between successively captured images, of a portion of a rendering canvas of an application executing on the device, the portion corresponding to a visual component of the application;

a processing module to process each image of the series of images into a plurality of respective measurement metrics each representing graphically rendered image content and enabling differentiation between the images; and

a comparing module to compare the plurality of respective measurement metrics corresponding to each image and a subsequent image to each other to determine a time in which a first match to within a predetermined tolerance occurs between a particular measurement metric and a subsequent measurement metric, wherein the match indicates that graphical rendering of the portion has completed.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the visual component is an advertisement.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the visual component is a menu.

4. The device of claim 1, comprising an initiation module, the initiation module to capture a start time.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the start time is captured in response to a rendering operation of the application.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein a first measurement metric is a count of pixels of a color.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein images in the series of images are uncompressed raster images, and wherein a second measurement metric is a size of a respective image after compression.

8. A method implemented by a computing device, the method including:

capturing a series of images at irregular intervals that are not constant between successively captured images, of a portion of a rendering canvas of an application executing on the device, the portion corresponding to a visual component of the application;

processing each image of the series of images into a plurality of respective measurement metrics each representing graphically rendered image content and enabling differentiation between the images; and

comparing the plurality of respective measurement metrics corresponding to each image and a subsequent image to each other to determine a time in which a first match to within a predetermined tolerance occurs between a particular measurement metric and a subsequent measurement metric, wherein the match indicates that graphical rendering of the portion has completed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the visual component is an advertisement.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the visual component is a menu.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising capturing a start time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the start time is captured in response to a rendering operation of the application.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein a first measurement metric is a count of pixels of a color.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein images in the series of images are uncompressed raster images, and wherein a second measurement metric is a size of a respective image after compression.

15. A computer readable medium that is not a transitory propagating signal, the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

capturing a series of images at irregular intervals that are not constant between successively captured images, of a portion of a rendering canvas of an application executing on the device, the portion corresponding to a visual component of the application;

processing each image of the series of images into a plurality of respective measurement metrics each representing graphically rendered image content and enabling differentiation between the images; and

comparing the plurality of respective measurement metrics corresponding to each image and a subsequent image to each other to determine a time in which a first match to within a predetermined tolerance occurs between a particular measurement metric and a subsequent measurement metric, wherein the match indicates that graphical rendering of the portion has completed.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the visual component is an advertisement.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the visual component is a menu.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, comprising capturing a start time in response to a rendering operation of the application.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein a first measurement metric is a count of pixels of a color.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein images in the series of images are uncompressed raster images, and wherein a second measurement metric is a size of a respective image after compression.