Delivery performance analysis for internet services

• US 8,621,076 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gerlach, Richard J., Shull, Charles S., Haslam, David Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Daftuar, Saket K
• Application Number:
  US13/586,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/226, 709/230, 709/231, 709/232, 709/233, 709/234, 709/235, 709/236, 370/232, 370/245, 714/4, 714/25, 714/799, 714/824, 713/201, 713/188, 713/200, 707/104.1, 707/500.1, 707/999.107, 707/705, 707/748, 707/749, 707/750, 726/23, 726/24
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/55 Testing of service level quality, e.g. simulating service usage
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing the delivery performance of newsgroup services. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment, among others, includes a newsgroup evaluation system configured to determine a delivery rate for a newsgroup server. In other embodiments, methods and systems are provided for analyzing completion and retention for newsgroup services.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing machine readable instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

in response to receiving a request to evaluate a newsgroup server, measuring a completion rate for the newsgroup server by;

identifying a number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server; and

determining a percentage of the number of multipart articles that have all respective parts available on the newsgroup at a particular time; and

comparing the percentage to a threshold to assess a completion grade for the newsgroup server.

2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server comprises retrieving a list of article headings of the newsgroup server.

3. An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein a presence of a fraction at an end of one of the article headings is used to determine that a corresponding article is a multipart article.

4. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining whether the newsgroup server includes a threshold total number of articles before measuring the completion rate.

5. An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise cancelling the requested evaluation of the newsgroup server when the newsgroup server includes less than the threshold total number of articles.

6. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining a frequency at which the completion grade is a failure.

7. An apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise sending a notification to a designated recipient when the frequency exceeds a second threshold.

8. A tangible machine readable storage device comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:

measuring a completion rate for a newsgroup server by;

identifying a number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server; and

determining a percentage of the number of multipart articles that have all respective parts available on the newsgroup at a particular time; and

comparing the percentage to a threshold to assess a completion grade for the newsgroup server.

9. A storage device as defined in claim 8, wherein identifying the number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server comprises retrieving a list of article headings of the newsgroup server.

10. A storage device as defined in claim 9, wherein a presence of a fraction at an end of one of the article headings is used to determine that a corresponding article is a multipart article.

11. A storage device as defined in claim 8, wherein the method further comprises determining whether the newsgroup server includes a threshold total number of articles before measuring the completion rate.

12. A storage device as defined in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises cancelling the requested evaluation of the newsgroup server when the newsgroup server includes less than the threshold total number of articles.

13. A storage device as defined in claim 8, wherein the method further comprises determining a frequency of the completion grade being a failure.

14. A storage device as defined in claim 13, wherein the method further comprises sending a notification to a designated recipient when the frequency exceeds a second threshold.

15. A method, comprising:

in response to receiving a request to evaluate a newsgroup server, measuring a completion rate for the newsgroup server by;

identifying, via a processor, a number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server; and

determining, via the processor, a percentage of the number of multipart articles that have all respective parts available on the newsgroup at a particular time; and

comparing, via the processor, the percentage to a threshold to assess a completion grade for the newsgroup server.

16. A method as defined in claim 15, wherein identifying the number of multipart articles associated with the newsgroup server comprises retrieving a list of article headings of the newsgroup server.

17. A method as defined in claim 16, wherein a presence of a fraction at an end of one of the article headings is used to determine that a corresponding article is a multipart article.

18. A method as defined in claim 15, further comprising determining whether the newsgroup server includes a threshold total number of articles before measuring the completion rate.

19. A method as defined in claim 18, further comprising cancelling the requested evaluation of the newsgroup server when the newsgroup server includes less than the threshold total number of articles.

20. A method as defined in claim 15, further comprising determining a frequency at which the completion grade is a failure, and sending a notification to a designated recipient when the frequency exceeds a second threshold.