Steve D Carroll

US Patent:

8156203, Apr 10, 2012

Filed:

Sep 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/210875

Inventors:

Brian Crawford - Seattle WA, US
David Gray - Seattle WA, US
John Cunningham - Kirkland WA, US
Peter Huene - Seattle WA, US
Steve Carroll - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709219, 709203, 709217, 702182

Abstract:

Web server processes can host multiple web applications that process multiple requests from multiple clients. Recorded diagnostic information may not provide a useful separation of server execution data (e. g. , functionality executed to process a request) based on a client's use of the web server process. An effective method for separating server execution data by client information is provided herein. Dye is injected into a request from a client, the dye comprises information regarding the client application making the request and a transaction (e. g. , client defined set of requests) that the request is comprised within. The dye injected request is sent to a web server process (e. g. , on a web server) that extracts the dye and executes the request. During execution of the request, executed functionality is associated and stored with the extracted dye. The recorded server execution data may be organized based upon the request, client, application, and/or transaction.