Network resource monitoring and measurement system and method
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1. A computer-implemented 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:
- obtaining, by a server, site-centric data, wherein the site-centric data corresponds to a first group of one or more monitored resources;
obtaining, by the server, user-centric data, wherein the user-centric data corresponds to a second group of one or more monitored resources;
combining, by the server, the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a single data source corresponding to usage information of one or more resources;
processing, by the server, the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a calibration value; and
calibrating, by the server, an unmonitored resource value corresponding to one or more unmonitored resources based on the calibration value by multiplying the unmonitored resource value by the calibration value;
wherein the processing to form a calibration value comprises;
calculating a weighting factor based on a number of users that have interactions recorded in relation to the second group of one or more monitored resources and a total number of users expected to have access to the one or more resources available through the communications network; and
multiplying the weighting factor with a number of users in the sample group that have interactions recorded in relation to the first group of one or more monitored resources to obtain a first figure for an expected number of all users to have interactions with the first group.
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Abstract
A method and system for analyzing and measuring multiple sources of data over a communications 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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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented 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:
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obtaining, by a server, site-centric data, wherein the site-centric data corresponds to a first group of one or more monitored resources; obtaining, by the server, user-centric data, wherein the user-centric data corresponds to a second group of one or more monitored resources; combining, by the server, the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a single data source corresponding to usage information of one or more resources; processing, by the server, the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a calibration value; and calibrating, by the server, an unmonitored resource value corresponding to one or more unmonitored resources based on the calibration value by multiplying the unmonitored resource value by the calibration value; wherein the processing to form a calibration value comprises; calculating a weighting factor based on a number of users that have interactions recorded in relation to the second group of one or more monitored resources and a total number of users expected to have access to the one or more resources available through the communications network; and multiplying the weighting factor with a number of users in the sample group that have interactions recorded in relation to the first group of one or more monitored resources to obtain a first figure for an expected number of all users to have interactions with the first group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embedded thereon instructions executable by a processor, the instructions operable to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
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obtaining site-centric data, wherein the site-centric data corresponds to a first group of one or more monitored resources; obtaining user-centric data, wherein the user-centric data corresponds to a second group of one or more monitored resources; combining the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a single data source corresponding to usage information of one or more resources; processing the site-centric data and the user-centric data to form a calibration value; and calibrating, by the server, an unmonitored resource value corresponding to one or more unmonitored resources based on the calibration value by multiplying the unmonitored resource value by the calibration value; wherein the processing to form a calibration value comprises; calculating a weighting factor based on a number of users that have interactions recorded in relation to the second group of one or more monitored resources and a total number of users expected to have access to the one or more resources available through the communications network; and multiplying the weighting factor with a number of users in the sample group that have interactions recorded in relation to the first group of one or more monitored resources to obtain a first figure for an expected number of all users to have interactions with the first group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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