A monitoring system allows users to monitor the performance of a web-based or other transactional server. The system includes an agent component ("agent") which simulates the actions of actual users of the transactional server while monitoring the server's performance. The agent may run on agent computers...http://www.google.com/patents/US20020184575?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020184575 - Post-deployment monitoring of server performance
