Network resource monitoring and measurement system and method
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1. A method of measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a data source for a first group of one or more monitored resources, said first group being linked to said communications network;
obtaining a further data source for a second group of one or more monitored resources, each of said second group and said first group linked to said communications network, when said further data source is obtained with respect to a group of monitored users, initially forming a first group of monitored users as a sample group so as to record and measure interactions of users in the sample group; and
combining said data source and said further data source to form a single data source available to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources;
processing the data source and the further data source, wherein the processing of the further data source is in relation to the interactions of the users in the sample group wherein the further data source is based on interactions in relation to one or more unmonitored resources; and
calibrating a value based on said data source and said further data source, wherein calibrating includes calculating an error rate;
applying the error rate to the further data source so as to determine an estimate of equivalent interactions of total users with respect to the one or more unmonitored resources; and
calculating a weighting factor based on a number of users in said sample group and a total number of users expected to have access to one or more resources available through said communications network.
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A method and system for analysing and measuring multiple sources of data over a communication network (18) so as to ascertain information or usage of one or more resources, such as resource servers (2). A data collection and processing means (20) collects and processes the data sources which are forwarded to a reporting server (34) as a combined data source made available to interested parties.
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1. A method of measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a data source for a first group of one or more monitored resources, said first group being linked to said communications network; obtaining a further data source for a second group of one or more monitored resources, each of said second group and said first group linked to said communications network, when said further data source is obtained with respect to a group of monitored users, initially forming a first group of monitored users as a sample group so as to record and measure interactions of users in the sample group; and combining said data source and said further data source to form a single data source available to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources; processing the data source and the further data source, wherein the processing of the further data source is in relation to the interactions of the users in the sample group wherein the further data source is based on interactions in relation to one or more unmonitored resources; and calibrating a value based on said data source and said further data source, wherein calibrating includes calculating an error rate; applying the error rate to the further data source so as to determine an estimate of equivalent interactions of total users with respect to the one or more unmonitored resources; and calculating a weighting factor based on a number of users in said sample group and a total number of users expected to have access to one or more resources available through said communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said system comprising:
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a first group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a second group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a data collection and processing means for receiving a data source for said first group of one or more monitored resources, and for receiving a further data source for said second group of one or more monitored resources, wherein the further data source and the data source collected by a collection server means are processed by a processing server means in the data collection and processing means to calibrate a value based on the data source and the further data source; and reporting means for displaying said data source and said further data source as a combined data source to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources; wherein in relation to said further data source for said second group, interactions and resource requests of each of the monitored resources of said second group, entered on respective user interface means, are measured and recorded and sent to collection server means, the further data source is based on interactions from said monitored resources of said second group; wherein the further data source is also based on interactions from said monitored resources in relation to one or more unmonitored resources, and wherein the value is an error rate which is subsequently applied to the further data source so as to determine an estimate of equivalent interactions of total resources with respect to the one or more unmonitored resources; wherein said processing server means calculates a weighting factor based on a number of resources in the second group of one or more monitored users and a total number of resources expected to have access to one or more resources available through said communications network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for measuring and analysing multiple data sources over a communications network in order to ascertain information about use of one or more resources linked to said communications network, said system comprising:
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a first group of one or more monitored resources, comprising resource servers; a second group of one or more monitored users; a data collection and processing means for receiving a data source for said first group of one or more monitored resources, and for receiving a further data source for said second group of one or more monitored users, wherein the further data source and the data source collected by a collection server means are processed by a processing server means in the data collection and processing means to calibrate a value based on the data source and the further data source; and reporting means for displaying said data source and said further data source as a combined data source to interested parties so as to ascertain usage information on one or more resources; wherein in relation to said further data source for said second group, interactions and resource requests of each of the monitored users of said second group, entered on respective user interface means, are measured and recorded and sent to collection server means, the further data source is based on interactions from said monitored users of said second group in relation to one or more resources; wherein the further data source is also based on interactions from said monitored users in relation to one or more unmonitored resources, and wherein the value is an error rate which is subsequently applied to the further data source so as to determine an estimate of equivalent interactions of total users with respect to the one or more unmonitored resources; wherein said processing server means calculates a weighting factor based on a number of users in the second group of one or more monitored users and a total number of users expected to have access to one or more resources available through said communications network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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