Apparatus and method for combining / correlating data sets

• US 20120017165A1
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Soasta Incorporated (Akamai Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Broda, Tal, Hemmert, Michael, Gardner, Kenneth C., Cosby, Kendall, Esau, Darrell
• Granted Patent: US 9,495,473 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A processor-implemented method includes providing an analytic dashboard with a graphical user interface (GUI) that outputs aggregated results streaming in real-time of a load test performed on a target website. Responsive to input of a user on the GUI, the input comprising selection of a source chart and a target chart, a single chart is automatically generated that represents either a combination or a statistical correlation of the source and target charts. The single chart has a left y-axis and an x-axis. The combination or the statistical correlation of the single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses. A visual representation of the single chart is then produced on the analytic dashboard.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method comprising:

providing an analytic dashboard with a graphical user interface (GUI) that outputs aggregated results streaming in real-time of a load test performed on a target website;

responsive to input of a user on the GUI, the input comprising selection of a source chart and a target chart, automatically generating a single chart that represents either a combination or a statistical correlation of the source and target charts, the single chart having a left y-axis and an x-axis, the combination or a statistical correlation of the single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses; and

producing a visual representation of the single chart on the analytic dashboard.

2. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the input further comprises selection of either the combination or the statistical correlation from a menu presented to the user via the GUI.

3. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein when the single chart represents the combination of the source and target charts, the left y-axis is associated with the target chart, the single chart further having a right y-axis associated with the source chart.

4. The processor-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising responsive to additional input of the user on the GUI, automatically generating a new single chart that combines the single chart with a new source chart, the new source chart having a y-axis that matches, in unit-type, either the left y-axis or the right y-axis of the single chart, the new single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses.

5. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, for the statistical correlation, matching each data point from the source and target charts based on a common x-axis unit-type.

6. The processor-implemented method of claim 5 wherein the common x-axis unit-type is time.

7. The processor-implemented method of claim 5 wherein the left y-axis is associated with the source chart and the x-axis is associated with the target chart.

8. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the analytic dashboard is provided by a browser application.

9. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the input comprises a touch-based input command.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, when executed the computer program being operable to:

provide an analytic dashboard with a graphical user interface (GUI) that outputs aggregated results streaming in real-time of a load test performed on a target website;

responsive to input comprising selection of a source chart and a target chart on the GUI, automatically generate a single chart that represents either a combination or a statistical correlation of the source and target charts, the single chart having a left y-axis and an x-axis, the combination or a statistical correlation of the single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses; and

produce a visual representation of the single chart on the analytic dashboard.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the computer program, when executed, is further operable to automatically generate, responsive to additional input of the user on the GUI, a new single chart that combines the single chart with a new source chart, the new source chart having a y-axis that matches, in unit-type, either the left y-axis or the right y-axis of the single chart, the new single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the computer program product, when executed, is further operable to match, for the statistical correlation, each data point from the source and target charts based on a common x-axis unit-type.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the common x-axis unit-type is time.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the input further comprises selection of either the combination or the statistical correlation from a menu presented to the user via the GUI.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein when the single chart represents the combination of the source and target charts, the left y-axis is associated with the target chart, the single chart further having a right y-axis associated with the source chart.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the input comprises a touch-based input command signal.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a program that runs on a computer to produce a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the GUI providing an analytic dashboard on the display with a graphical user interface (GUI) that outputs aggregated results streaming in real-time of a load test performed on a target website, the GUI allowing a user to generate input comprising selection of a source chart and a target chart, responsive to the input the program;

(a) automatically generating a single chart that represents either a combination or a statistical correlation of the source and target charts, the single chart having a left y-axis and an x-axis, the single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses, and (b) producing a visual representation of the single chart on the analytic dashboard.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the input further comprises selection of either the combination or the statistical correlation from a menu presented to the user via the GUI.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein when the single chart represents the combination of the source and target charts, the left y-axis is associated with the target chart, the single chart further having a right y-axis associated with the source chart.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the program, responsive to additional input of the user on the GUI, automatically generates a new single chart that combines the single chart with a new source chart, the new source chart having a y-axis that matches, in unit-type, either the left y-axis or the right y-axis of the single chart, the new single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses.

21. The apparatus of claim 17 further comprising, for the statistical correlation, matching each data point from the source and target charts based on a common x-axis unit-type.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the common x-axis unit-type is time.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the left y-axis is associated with the source chart and the x-axis is associated with the target chart.

24. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein real-time delta changes in the source and target charts are streamed into the single chart.

25. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the source chart is provided from an external data source.

26. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the input comprises a touch-based input command.