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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185619 | Analytics system and method An agentless software data collector in a customer computer network collects metrics data from managed devices on the network to provide to a remote data center accessed via a public wide area network (WAN) interface. The software data collector collects metrics dat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8166123 | Computer system tools and method for development and testing The current invention allows a user to evaluate web pages, emails, or software across different operating systems without requiring the user to have the operating system being tested. The patent has a novel method to (1) generate screen captures in parallel, (2) cre... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151141 | Resolution of computer operations problems using fault trend analysis A set of fault records representing faults previously detected in an enterprise computer system is received and analyzed. The analysis comprises a variety of analytical operations and results in a report provided to a user, the report particularly including a set of... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8095650 | Methods and apparatus for real user monitoring including flash monitoring A system provides a tag for a flash application. The tag identifies a flash event to record during execution of the flash application. The flash event is recorded to monitor performance of the flash application to generate performance metrics. The flash performance ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8065414 | Methods and apparatus for collecting and displaying performance metrics from a web site A system obtains a script containing at least one transaction to be performed with the web site, the at least one transaction defining a sequence of page requests identifying at least one web page to obtain from the web site. The system executes the script to perfor... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065410 | Methods and apparatus for collecting performance metrics from a web site A system provides an agent that executes remotely from a web site and can measure performance associated with the web site. The agent obtains a script containing at least one transaction to be performed with the web site. The transaction(s) define a sequence of page... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7934126 | Resolution of computer operations problems using fault trend analysis A set of fault records representing faults previously detected in an enterprise computer system is received and analyzed. The analysis comprises a variety of analytical operations and results in a report provided to a user, the report particularly including a set of... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921205 | Website load testing using a plurality of remotely operating agents distributed over a wide area Website load testing using agents is disclosed. An address of a website and a window of time in which to perform a load test are received. The address and the window of time are distributed to a plurality of remotely operating agents, distributed over a wide area. E... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7882179 | Computer system tools and method for development and testing The current invention allows a user to evaluate web pages, emails, or software across different operating systems without requiring the user to have the operating system being tested. The patent has a novel method to (1) generate screen captures in parallel, (2) cre... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7814201 | System and method for monitoring global network performance The present invention provides a system and method for monitoring global network performance across a public Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or private networking through a secure IPSec gateway, and providing a user interface for performance metrics through a secure In... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7765295 | Methods and apparatus for real user monitoring A system monitors browser operation on a web page to identify objects referenced by the web page. For objects referenced by the web page, the system tracks a performance metric associated with each object. The system performs post-processing on the performance metri... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7730471 | Method and system for processing COBOL language record description entries that specify data items that include a varying length characteristic and computer readable storage medium for storing instructions for performing the method A method, system and computer readable storage medium for storing instructions for processing COBOL language record description entries that specify data items that include a varying length characteristic are provided. The method includes providing COBOL language re... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7685273 | Methods and apparatus for collecting and displaying performance metrics from a web site A system obtains a script containing at least one transaction to be performed with the web site, the at least one transaction defining a sequence of page requests identifying at least one web page to obtain from the web site. The system executes the script to perfor... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676695 | Resolution of computer operations problems using fault trend analysis A set of fault records representing faults previously detected in an enterprise computer system is received and analyzed. The analysis comprises a variety of analytical operations and results in a report provided to a user, the report particularly including a set of... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7574504 | Characterizing application performance within a network A system and method are described for analyzing the performance of a network while processing an application. The method involves measuring and calculating the amount of time nodes are active processing and sending frames, as well as the amount of time that frames s... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7509672 | Cross-platform single sign-on data sharing Systems and methods of authentication and data sharing across applications and platforms based on a single authentication are described. The systems and methods allow a user, based on a single log on to an application, to be automatically logged on to other applicat... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7437717 | Techniques for software configuration tracking Techniques for gathering and tracking build information are described. Builds are registered initially. When a test execution is performed, a matching build is automatically determined from those previously registered builds as matching the software under test for a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428726 | Techniques for software configuration tracking Techniques for gathering and tracking build information are described. Builds are registered initially. When a test execution is performed, a matching build is automatically determined from those previously registered builds as matching the software under test for a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7382371 | Visual landscape for multi-tiered application environment component interactions A system and a method to provide a visual landscape of a server-centric application framework (SCAF) with multiple tiers, multiple components, component interactions, and performance monitoring and analysis. The system and method includes a multi-tiered visual displ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366790 | System and method of active latency detection for network applications A system and method of active latency detection for network applications that allows network latency to be calculated from a single host system. Periodic requests are generated from the host system and directed to a remote system in a way that requires minimal proce... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7243337 | Managing hardware and software configuration information of systems being tested Techniques for gathering platform information are described. The platform information describes the environment in which a program executes. The platform information includes software component information and system configuration information uniquely identifying a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240335 | Byte code instrumentation Instrumenting a computer program to provide instrumented byte code includes examining the byte code, selecting portions of the byte code for instrumentation, and instrumenting the portions to provide instrumented byte code. Selecting the portions may include choosin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7185017 | System and method for selectively processing data sub-segments using a data mask A data processing application for selectively processing data sub-segments using a data mask. Data segments are retrieved from a data source and pre-processed to include selected data sub-segments based upon the data mask. The masked data segments are communicated t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171621 | Reformatting messages introduced into a user interface Inbound messages are reformatted so that they are compatible with a user interface and database found in a local area network. Local software provides a user interface with a message display area. The format of the area includes parameters such as line length and di... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7133911 | Response time analysis of network performance A system and method are described for analyzing the performance of a network while processing an application. The method involves measuring and calculating the amount of time nodes are active processing and sending frames, as well as the amount of time that frames s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130915 | Fast transaction response time prediction across multiple delay sources This solution uses a statistical characterization of the transaction to predict the total effect on response time of each network component. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114104 | System and method of fault detection in a Unix environment Systems and methods of fault detection in a Unix environment. A fault monitor uses process identifiers to access the process control file and status file maintained by the operating system. The fault monitor evaluates process interruptions indicated by the process c... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6959431 | System and method to measure and report on effectiveness of software program testing A computer-implemented method and system for measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of software program testing combines information from existing debugging and analysis tools to provide various displays of the logical paths of a program under test that have b... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6895577 | Risk metric for testing software A computer-implemented system and method for improving the efficiency of testing a process by focusing the testing in the highest risk areas of the process. One application of this computer-implemented system and method is in software testing to improve the effectiv... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6760903 | Coordinated application monitoring in a distributed computing environment Techniques for gathering execution information about an application, such as a distributed application, are described. Key communication points in cross execution context calls, such as remote procedure calls, are determined and control is transferred to interceptio... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6754889 | Java automation, testing, and analysis A system and method are disclosed for enabling injection of non-native code into a JAVA environment. The method provides a software hook for detecting the loading of a JAVA interpreter, and then creates a connection that communicates with an executing JAVA applicati... | 06/22/2004 |
