CONFIGURABLE FRAME WORK FOR TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF CLIENT-SIDE WEB BROWSER PAGE PERFORMANCE

• US 20110270975A1
• Filed: 05/03/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Troup, James
• Granted Patent: US 8,977,739 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2294 by remote test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet

Abstract

The present invention features methods, computer program products and apparatuses for measuring client-side computer system performance that features identifying one of a plurality of uniform resource locator addresses contained on a server computing system, with each of the uniform resource locator addresses being associated with computing resources. The computing the computing resources associated with any one of the plurality of uniform resource locator addresses being different from the computer resource corresponding to the remaining uniform resource locator addresses. The computing resources are accessible through a web-browser that accesses the same the computing resources associated with the one of the plurality of uniform resource locator addresses. Measured are metrics of the interactions between the web-browser and the computing resources associated with the one of the plurality of uniform resource locator addresses. It is determined whether the metrics satisfy pre-determined operational requirements.

Claims

1. A method of measuring client-side computer system performance, said method comprising:

identifying one of a plurality of uniform resource locator addresses contained on a server computing system, with each of said uniform resource locator addresses being associated with computing resources, with the computing resources associated with any one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses being different from the computer resource corresponding to the remaining uniform resource locator addresses, said computing resources being accessible through a web-browser;

accessing, with said web-browser, said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses;

measuring operational characteristics between said web-browser and said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses; and

determining whether said operational characteristics satisfy pre-determined operational requirements, defining measured results.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further including storing said measured results on said server computing system, with said computing resources being stored on said computer system, with said web-browser being run on said server computing system.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further including ascertain said operational characteristics failed to satisfy said pre-determined operational requirements and transmitting an electronic message to a pre-defined address including information corresponding to said results.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and accessing further includes said web-browser programmatically interacting with said web page content.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and accessing further includes rendering perceivable stimuli in said web browser in response to interacting with said web page content, with measuring further including determining a time for said web browser to render said perceivable stimuli.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and accessing further including rendering a perceivable stimuli in said web browser in response to interacting with said web page content, with measuring further including determining a time for said web browser to render said perceivable stimuli.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein identifying further includes identifying said one of said plurality of universal resource locator addresses further includes identifying a static universal resource locator address.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein identifying further includes generating, with a web application, said one of said plurality of universal resource locator addresses from metadata stored on said server computing system.

9. A computer product of the type comprising a computer readable medium that contains a program to measure client-side computer system performance said method comprising:

computer code that identifies one of a plurality of uniform resource locator addresses contained on a server computing system, with each of said uniform resource locator addresses being associated with computing resources, with the computing resources associated with any one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses being different from the computer resource corresponding to the remaining uniform resource locator addresses, said computing resources being accessible through a web-browser;

computer code that accesses, with said web-browser, said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses;

computer code to measure operational characteristics between said web-browser and said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses; and

computer code to determine whether said operational characteristics satisfy pre-determined operational requirements, defining measured results.

10. The computer product as recited in claim 9 further including computer code to store said measured results on said server computing system, with said computing resources being stored on said computer system, with said web-browser being run on said server computing system.

11. The computer product as recited in claim 9 further including computer code to ascertain that said operational characteristics failed to satisfy said pre-determined operational requirements and transmit an electronic message to a pre-defined address including information corresponding to said results.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and said computer code to access further includes a subroutine to have said web-browser programmatically interact with said web page content.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and said computer code to access further includes a subroutine to render perceivable stimuli in said web browser in response to said web browser interacting with said web page content, with said computer code to measure further including a second sub-routine to determine a time for said web browser to render said perceivable stimuli.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 wherein said computer resources further includes web page content and said code to access further includes a subroutine to render a perceivable stimuli in said web browser in response to interacting with said web page content, with said computer code to measure further including a subroutine to determine a time for said web browser to render said perceivable stimuli.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 wherein said code to identify further includes a subroutine to identify a static universal resource locator address.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 wherein said code to identify further includes a subroutine to generate, with a web application, said one of said plurality of universal resource locator addresses from metadata stored on said server computing system.

17. An apparatus to measuring client-side computer system performance, said method comprising:

a processor;

one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;

identifying one of a plurality of uniform resource locator addresses contained on a server computing system, with each of said uniform resource locator addresses being associated with computing resources, with the computing resources associated with any one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses being different from the computer resource corresponding to the remaining uniform resource locator addresses, said computing resources being accessible through a web-browser;

accessing, with said web-browser, said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses;

measuring operational characteristics between said web-browser and said computing resources associated with said one of said plurality of uniform resource locator addresses; and

determining whether said operational characteristics satisfy pre-determined operational requirements, defining measured results.

18. The apparatus as recited in claim 17 where said sequence of instructions further includes additional instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out a step of storing said measured results on said server computing system, with said computing resources being stored on said computer system.

19. The apparatus as recited in claim 17 where said sequence of instructions further includes additional instruction, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out a step of ascertaining that said operational characteristics failed to satisfy said pre-determined operational requirements and transmitting an electronic message to a pre-defined address including information corresponding to said results.