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Response time and resource consumption management in a distributed network environment

  • US 20040103193A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2003
  • Published: 05/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A distributed computer network, comprising:

  • a plurality of distributed computing devices interconnected via a network link, where each of the computing devices is configured to run an application program and network communications software, and where the network communications software operatively couples the application program and network link;

    a plurality of agent modules, each agent module being associated with one of the plurality of distributed computing devices such that the agent modules and computing devices are in a one-to-one relationship, each agent module being loaded into and operable from a memory location of its associated computing device, each agent module including;

    a response time sub-module configured to monitor the application program of its associated computing device to determine response times for transactions involving data flows over the network link; and

    a resource consumption sub-module configured to monitor data flows within a network communications data path defined in part through the network communications software, where such monitoring of data flows is performed to determine how much bandwidth on the network link is being consumed by the computing device with which the agent module is associated.

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