Managing network data display

• US 8,843,625 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baumback, Mark S., Bettis, David William, Jenkins, Jonathan A.
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, JENEE LAUREN
• Application Number:
  US13/620,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 738 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-206, 709217-219, 709223-226
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources. The processing device uses the performance metric information to identify a subset of the resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of a display and to assess performance related to processing of the identified subset of the resources. In some embodiments, the processed performance data may be used to identify timing information associated with the subset of the embedded resources. Aspects of systems and methods for identifying and testing alternative resource configurations corresponding to the content associated with the original set of resources and for determining whether to recommend a resource configuration for improving performance of subsequent client requests for the content are also provided.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, from a client computing device, performance data associated with processing a first resource request, wherein the first resource request corresponds to a set of resources and wherein the set of resources corresponds to an original resource and any embedded resources associated with content requested by the client computing device;

for individual resources in the set of resources, identifying a set of coordinates defining a resource display location associated with a corresponding individual resource;

identifying a display location associated with a visible portion of a display;

identifying a subset of the resources from the set of resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of the display by determining, for individual resources, whether the set of coordinates corresponding to an individual resource are located within the display location, wherein other resources from the set of resources are determined to correspond to a display location associated with a non-visible portion of the display;

processing the performance data to determine performance information corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display; and

dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration based on the performance information corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display, the recommended resource configuration for use in processing a subsequent request for the set of resources,

wherein the method is implemented by at least one processing device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the performance information includes timing information.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the timing information includes timing of receipt of a first byte of data and timing of receipt of a last byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display.

5. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.

6. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with receipt of a first byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, receipt of a last byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display, and collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.

7. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising causing the timing information to be displayed.

8. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the visible portion of the display corresponds to a first frame area of the display defined by an entire available display area on the display for rendering the set of resources.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the subset of the resources includes all resources located in the first frame area of the display.

10. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the subset of the resources is associated with a portion of the first frame area of the display.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processing device comprising a processing component, the processing component operable to;

obtain, from a client computing device, performance data associated with processing a first resource request, wherein the first resource request corresponds to a set of resources and wherein the set of resources corresponds to an original resource and any embedded resources associated with content requested by the client computing device;

for individual resources in the set of resources, identify a set of coordinates defining a resource display location associated with a corresponding individual resource;

identify a display location associated with a visible portion of a display;

identify a subset of the resources from the set of resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of the display by determining, for individual resources, whether the set of coordinates corresponding to an individual resource are located within the display location, wherein other resources from the set of resources are determined to correspond to a display location associated with a non-visible portion of the display;

process the performance data to determine performance information corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display; and

dynamically determine a recommended resource configuration based on the performance information corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display, the recommended resource configuration for use in processing a subsequent request for the set of resources.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the performance information includes timing information.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the timing information includes timing of receipt of a first byte of data and timing of receipt of a last byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources.

14. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display.

15. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.

16. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with receipt of a first byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, receipt of a last byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display, and collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.

17. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the processing component is further operable to cause the timing information to be displayed.

18. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the visible portion of the display corresponds to a first frame area of the display defined by an entire available display area on the display for rendering the set of resources.

19. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein the subset of the resources includes all resources located in the first frame area of the display.

20. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein the subset of the resources is associated with a portion of the first frame area of the display.

21. A system comprising:

a client computing device, wherein the client computing device is operable to determine performance data associated with processing a resource request, wherein the resource request corresponds to a request for an original resource by the client computing device and any subsequent requests for one or more embedded resources by the client computing device and wherein the original resource and any one or more embedded resources correspond to a set of resources; and

at least one processing device comprising a processing component, the processing component operable to;

obtain, from the client computing device, the performance data associated with processing the resource request;

for individual resources in the set of resources, identify a set of coordinates defining a resource display location associated with a corresponding individual resource;

identify a display location associated with a visible portion of a display;

identify a subset of the resources from the set of resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of the display by determining, for individual resources, whether the set of coordinates corresponding to an individual resource are located within the display location, wherein other resources from the set of resources are determined to correspond to a display location associated with a non-visible portion of the display;

process the performance data to determine timing information corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display; and

dynamically determine a recommended resource configuration based on the performance data corresponding to the identified subset of the resources corresponding to the display location associated with the visible portion of the display, the recommended resource configuration for use in processing a subsequent request for the set of resources.

22. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display.

23. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.

24. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with receipt of a first byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, receipt of a last byte of data for individual resources in the subset of the resources, rendering individual resources in the subset of the resources for display, and collectively rendering the subset of the resources for display.