Cynthia L. Bickerstaff - Palo Alto CA, US Mark A. Vanantwerp - Portland OR, US William W. Love - Gilroy CA, US Stacy P. Purcell - Orangevale CA, US Lawrence J. Widmer - Beaverton OR, US Jeffrey C. Sedayao - San Jose CA, US
A method, system, and computer program for real-time measurement and modification of the performance of communications on a large area network, such as the Internet, based upon actual user experience. One embodiment performs a statistical analysis of access logs that record actual server usage by users. Based on such analysis, routing of communications over the network can be modified to improve overall communications performance.