BROWSING SESSION METRIC CREATION

• US 20150365462A1
• Filed: 08/24/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Jonathan A., Taylor, Brett R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,479,564 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a browse session at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote browse session instance at a network computing provider. The browse session instance may correspond to requested network content. The network computing provider retrieves the requested content through an instantiated network browse session instance, and performs a first set of processing actions to generate a processing result. The processing result may be provided to the client computing device for display, including performing a second set of processing actions on the processing result at the client computing device. Metrics related to the retrieval, processing, and use of requested network content may be recorded and transmitted to a metric reporting server.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer-readable memory storing executable instructions; and

one or more computer processors in communication with the computer-readable memory, the one or more computer processors programmed by the executable instructions to at least;

establish a browsing session in a browsing application, wherein the browsing application comprises a metric creation module not downloaded during the browsing session, and wherein the browsing session comprises accessing web pages provided by web servers via a network;

create an operating metric associated with performance of the browsing session, wherein the metric creation module creates the operating metric by monitoring use of a computing resource during the browsing session; and

transmit the operating metric to a network-accessible metric reporting server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the browsing session comprises a period of time between startup and termination of the browsing application by the one or more computer processors, and wherein accessing the web pages occurs during the period of time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the metric creation module is configured to monitor usage of hardware computing resources during the browsing session.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operating metric is based at least partly on one of a percentage of CPU utilization, network bandwidth, network connection, time to execute a function, an amount of memory usage, or a number of I/O operations.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer processors are further programmed by the executable instructions to at least transmit, to the metric reporting server, information regarding addresses of web pages accessed during the browsing session.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

establishing, in a browsing application executing on a client computing device, a browsing session to request and receive network resources from one or more network resource providers, wherein the browsing application comprises a metric creation module not downloaded during the browsing session;

monitoring, by the metric creation module executing in the browsing application, usage of a computing resource of the client computing device during the browsing session;

creating, by the metric creation module executing in the browsing application, an operating metric regarding usage of the computing resource during the browsing session; and

transmitting, by the client computing device, the operating metric via a network to a metric reporting server.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the browsing session comprises retrieval of network resources by the browsing application subsequent to browser application startup and prior to at least one of browser application termination or occurrence of a time out event.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the metric creation module is configured to monitor usage of hardware computing resources by the client computing device during the browsing session.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the operating metric comprises a measurement of at least one of CPU usage, memory usage, network usage, I/O operations, or time to execute a function.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 further comprising transmitting, by the client computing device to the metric reporting server, information regarding addresses of network resources accessed during the browsing session.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 further comprising establishing a connection between the client computing device and a network computing component, wherein the network computing component is configured to host a server-side browsing application, wherein the server-side browsing application is configured to execute a remote browsing session, and wherein the server-side browsing application is in communication with the browsing application on the client computing device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising receiving one or more network resources, wherein the one or more network resources are at least partially processed by the server-side browsing application on the network computing component, and wherein the one or more network resources are also at least partially processed by the browser application on the client computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising creating, by the network computing component, a remote operating metric associated with how performance of the server-side browsing application on the network computing component is affected by execution of the remote browsing session.

14. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a browsing application configured to execute a process on a client computing device, the process comprising:

establishing a browsing session to request and receive network resources from one or more network resource providers;

executing a metric creation module in the browsing application, wherein the metric creation module is not downloaded during the browsing session;

creating, by the metric creation module executing on the client computing device, an operating metric associated with performance of the browsing session, wherein the metric creation module creates the operating metric by monitoring usage of a computing resource of the client computing device; and

transmitting the operating metric via a network to a metric reporting server.

15. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 14, wherein the browsing session comprises retrieval of network resources by the browsing application subsequent to browser application startup and prior to at least one of browser application termination or occurrence of a time out event.

16. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 14, wherein the metric creation module is configured to monitor usage of hardware computing resources by the client computing device during the browsing session.

17. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 14, wherein the operating metric comprises a measurement of at least one of CPU usage, memory usage, network usage, I/O operations, or time to execute a function.

18. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 14, the process further comprising transmitting, to the metric reporting server, information regarding addresses of network resources accessed during the browsing session.

19. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 14, the process further comprising establishing a connection between the client computing device and a network computing component, wherein the network computing component is configured to execute a server-side browsing application, wherein the server-side browsing application is configured to execute a remote browsing session, and wherein the server-side browsing application is in communication with the browsing application on the client computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 19, the process further comprising receiving one or more network resources, wherein the one or more network resources are at least partially processed by the server-side browsing application on the network computing component, and wherein the one or more network resources are also at least partially processed by the browser application on the client computing device.