Roger A Fleig

US Patent:

7356610, Apr 8, 2008

Filed:

Apr 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/834463

Inventors:

Roger A. Fleig - Redmond WA, US
Denis L. Ruckebusch - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

709238

Abstract:

Systems and methods for monitoring exchanges between a client and a server across a network. Implementation of the present invention takes place in association with a client and server that use standard Internet protocol to exchange requests and responses over a network. An extendable network monitor is employed to obtain a network monitor trace. Entire requests and responses are rebuilt. Chunked information is coalesced. Interleaved packets are collected. Bodies of data written in extensible markup language are reformatted by including white space and highlighting important data. Bodies of data written in hyper-text markup language are optionally removed from the requests and responses. As such, and in accordance with the present invention, the requests and responses exchanged by a client and a server across a network are made easily readable to a user, thereby allowing the user to read, interpret, and analyze the exchanges to ensure that the exchanges occurred correctly and as expected.

US Patent:

6748431, Jun 8, 2004

Filed:

May 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/579946

Inventors:

Roger A. Fleig - Redmond WA
Denis L. Ruckebusch - Kirkland WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15173

US Classification:

709224, 709223, 709231, 709232, 709233, 709227, 709228

Abstract:

Systems and methods for monitoring exchanges between a client and a server across a network. Implementation of the present invention takes place in association with a client and server that use standard Internet protocol to exchange requests and responses over a network. An extendable network monitor is employed to obtain a network monitor trace. Entire requests and responses are rebuilt. Chunked information is coalesced. Interleaved packets are collected. Bodies of data written in extensible markup language are reformatted by including white space and highlighting important data. Bodies of data written in hyper-text markup language are optionally removed from the requests and responses. As such, and in accordance with the present invention, the requests and responses exchanged by a client and a server across a network are made easily readable to a user, thereby allowing the user to read, interpret, and analyze the exchanges to ensure that the exchanges occurred correctly and as expected.