LOAD TESTING ONLINE GAME SERVER ENVIRONMENT USING WEB-BASED INTERFACE

• US 20120101799A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fernandes, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 9,268,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30

Abstract

Load testing an online game server environment using a web-based interface includes: configuring a load test with configuration parameters including client behavior parameters and server parameters, wherein the client behavior parameters provide settings for various behaviors such as cheating and aggressiveness, and wherein the server parameters provide a setup for server states and messages; building and deploying simulation client and game server binaries; scheduling and running the load test; and collecting test data output from the load test. Keywords include load test automation, load test service, load test resource management.

Claims

1. A method of load testing an online game server environment using a web-based interface, the method comprising:

configuring a load test with configuration parameters including client behavior parameters and server parameters,

wherein the client behavior parameters provide settings for various behaviors such as cheating and aggressiveness, and

wherein the server parameters provide a setup for server states and messages;

building and deploying simulation client and game server binaries;

scheduling and running the load test; and

collecting test data output from the load test.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring a load test comprises

setting up major attributes of the load test.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the major attributes comprise

a maximum player count to be simulated.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the major attributes comprise

a game title to load tested.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the major attributes comprise

a simulation client version and a game server version.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein deploying simulation client and game server binaries comprises

deploying the binaries to physical hosts according to the configuration parameters.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein deploying the binaries to physical hosts comprises

preparing simulation hosts and server hosts on cloud.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the web-based interface is configured to receive inputs from various input devices including a cellular device and/or a computer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the web-based interface performs registration and profile management which allows a user to create an account and manage a profile that includes email addresses and a list of destination devices for load test notifications.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the web-based interface performs a load test management which creates, edits, and schedules a load test.

11. A non-transitory tangible storage medium storing a computer program for load testing an online game server environment using a web-based interface, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

configure a load test with configuration parameters including client behavior parameters and server parameters,

wherein the client behavior parameters provide settings for various behaviors such as cheating and aggressiveness, and

wherein the server parameters provide a setup for server states and messages;

build and deploy simulation client and game server binaries;

schedule and run the load test; and

collect test data output from the load test.

12. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 11, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to configure a load test comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

set up major attributes of the load test.

13. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 12, wherein the major attributes comprise

a maximum player count to be simulated.

14. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 12, wherein the major attributes comprise

a game title to load tested.

15. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 11, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to deploy simulation client and game server binaries comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

deploy the binaries to physical hosts according to the configuration parameters.

16. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 15, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to deploy the binaries to physical hosts comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

prepare simulation hosts and server hosts on cloud.

17. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 11, wherein the web-based interface is configured to receive inputs from various input devices including a cellular device and/or a computer.

18. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 17, wherein the web-based interface performs registration and profile management which allows a user to create an account and manage a profile that includes email addresses and a list of destination devices for load test notifications.

19. The non-transitory tangible storage medium of claim 17, wherein the web-based interface performs a load test management which creates, edits, and schedules a load test.