System and method of associating events with requests
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1. A method of associating requests and events, comprising:
- at a web server computer, receiving Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from user computers connected to said web server computer over a first network;
in response to said HTTP requests, initiating, by said web server computer, events at server computers connected to said web server computer over a second network, wherein said events comprise backend business processes and dynamic content generation performed at said server computers;
logging HTTP requests data at said web server computer;
logging events data at said server computers;
receiving said HTTP requests data from said web server computer and said events data from said server computers at a management system residing in said second network, wherein said HTTP requests data comprises a user identification for each of said HTTP requests and a time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and wherein said events data comprises a user identification for each of said events and a time stamp for each of said events; and
at said management system, time ordering said HTTP requests and said events using said time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and said time stamp for each of said events; and
for each user identified in said HTTP requests and said events, generating an association associating each of said events performed in said second network for said each user with a previous HTTP request of said HTTP requests received from said each user over said first network that is the closest in time to said each of said events according to said time ordering.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention can associate events, including non page events, such as the generation of dynamic content, with HTTP requests. One embodiment of the present invention can include receiving a set of HTTP request data including a request time stamp for each HTTP request in a set of HTTP requests, receiving a set of event data including an event time stamp for each event in a set of events and associating each event from the set of events with a previous HTTP request from the set of HTTP requests based on the event time stamps and request time stamps. Each event can be associated with previous HTTP request closest in time.
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1. A method of associating requests and events, comprising:
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at a web server computer, receiving Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from user computers connected to said web server computer over a first network; in response to said HTTP requests, initiating, by said web server computer, events at server computers connected to said web server computer over a second network, wherein said events comprise backend business processes and dynamic content generation performed at said server computers; logging HTTP requests data at said web server computer; logging events data at said server computers; receiving said HTTP requests data from said web server computer and said events data from said server computers at a management system residing in said second network, wherein said HTTP requests data comprises a user identification for each of said HTTP requests and a time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and wherein said events data comprises a user identification for each of said events and a time stamp for each of said events; and at said management system, time ordering said HTTP requests and said events using said time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and said time stamp for each of said events; and for each user identified in said HTTP requests and said events, generating an association associating each of said events performed in said second network for said each user with a previous HTTP request of said HTTP requests received from said each user over said first network that is the closest in time to said each of said events according to said time ordering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions executable by a processor to:
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implement elements for a management system; receive HTTP requests data from a web server computer and events data from server computers at a management system, wherein said web server computer is connected to user computers in a first network and wherein said server computers are connected to said web server computer over a second network; time order said HTTP requests data and said events data at the management system; and for each user in said HTTP requests data and said events data, generate at the management system an association associating each event performed in said second network for said user with a HTTP request received from said user over said first network that is the closest in time to said event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for associating requests and events, comprising:
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a web server computer connected to user computers over a first network for receiving Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from said user computers, wherein said web server computer is operable to log said HTTP requests; server computers connected to said web server computer over a second network, wherein, in response to said HTTP requests, said web server computer initiates events at said server computers and wherein said server computers are operable to log said events; and a management system residing in said second network, wherein said management system is operable to; receive HTTP requests data from said web server computer and events data from said server computers, wherein said HTTP requests data comprises a user identification for each of said HTTP requests and a time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and wherein said events data comprises a user identification for each of said events and a time stamp for each of said events; time order said HTTP requests data and said events data using said time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and said time stamp for each of said events; and for each user identified in said HTTP requests data and said events data, generate an association associating each of said events performed in said second network for said each user with a previous HTTP request of said HTTP requests received from said each user over said first network that is the closest in time to said each of said events according to said time order. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for associating requests and events, comprising:
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receiving Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from user computers connected to a web server computer over a first network; in response to said HTTP requests, initiating, by said web server computer, events at server computers connected to said web server computer over a second network, wherein said events comprise backend business processes and dynamic content generation performed at said server computers; logging HTTP requests data at said web server computer; logging events data at said server computers; receiving said Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests data from said web server computer and said events data from said server computers at a management system connected to the web server computer and server computers via the second network, wherein; said HTTP requests data corresponds to said HTTP requests made to the web server computer and comprises a user identification for each of said HTTP requests and a time stamp for each of said HTTP requests; and said events data corresponds to said events initiated at the server computers in responses to said HTTP requests and comprises a user identification for each of said events and a time stamp for each of said events; and time ordering at said management system said HTTP requests and said events using said time stamp for each of said HTTP requests and said time stamp for each of said events; and for each user identified in said HTTP requests and said events, generating an association at said management system associating each of said events performed in said second network for said each user with a previous HTTP request of said HTTP requests received from said each user over said first network that is the closest in time to said each of said events according to said time ordering. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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