NETWORK RESOURCE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100228855A1
• Filed: 05/15/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: comScore, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nielsen Company (US) LLC (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Inventors: Jarrett, Andrew Lawrence, Cheong, Yee Han, Eustace, Anthony Roger, Bey, Shefik, Pettit, Matthew James, Sim, Lim Or
• Granted Patent: US 7,953,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/31 Arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5628 Testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5636 Monitoring or policing, e.g. compliance with allocated rate, corrective actions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/147 for predicting network behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0478 Provisions for broadband connections

Abstract

A method and system for analysing 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.

Claims

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; and

calibrating a value based on said data source and said further data source.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising the step of, wherein said further data source is obtained with respect to said group of monitored users, initially forming said first group of monitored users as a sample group so as to record and measure interactions of users in said sample group.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the further data source is based on said interactions in relation to one or more resources.