System and method for transaction recording and playback
First Claim
1. A method for determining a level of service for a server in a network, the method comprising:
- at a first computer coupled to the network;
a user performing one or more steps as part of a transaction involving use of the service, the one or more steps being performed according to one or more parameters;
transaction recorder software residing on the first computer recording the one or more steps and the one or more parameters in a transaction data file; and
sending the transaction data file from the first computer to a second computer coupled to the network;
at the second computer, service software residing on the second computer;
identifying the one or more steps and the one or more parameters in the transaction data file;
executing the one or more steps using the one or more parameters to thereby replicate the transaction performed by the user; and
determining the level of service for the server based on the executing.
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Abstract
The system and method of the present invention comprises functionality to record the steps of a user'"'"'s navigation transaction and to subsequently play back those steps to determine service availability and levels. The present invention comprises a method for recording a user'"'"'s steps in a navigation transaction by retrieving an information resource and calculating service level thresholds and the time required to retrieve the information resource. The service level thresholds and parameters regarding the information resource is recorded in a transaction data file as a step comprising the navigation transaction. The present invention also comprises a method for playing back one or more steps executed by a user as part of a navigation transaction, the navigation transaction stored in a transaction data file. The method for playing back one or more steps executed by a user as part of a navigation transaction comprises identifying a first step within the transaction, executing the first step by attempting to retrieve an information resource identified by the step, and returning a level of service for a server hosting the information resource identified by the step.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for determining a level of service for a server in a network, the method comprising:
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at a first computer coupled to the network; a user performing one or more steps as part of a transaction involving use of the service, the one or more steps being performed according to one or more parameters; transaction recorder software residing on the first computer recording the one or more steps and the one or more parameters in a transaction data file; and sending the transaction data file from the first computer to a second computer coupled to the network; at the second computer, service software residing on the second computer; identifying the one or more steps and the one or more parameters in the transaction data file; executing the one or more steps using the one or more parameters to thereby replicate the transaction performed by the user; and determining the level of service for the server based on the executing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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