Synthetic Test Consolidation Across Agents to Cut Redundant Telemetry

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Solution Overview

Problem

Multiple organizations running equivalent synthetic tests using dedicated cloud agents generate redundant network telemetry, consuming additional resources and energy due to overlapping test parameters.

Innovation Solution

A device identifies overlapping testing parameters across agents and configures a singular testing agent to perform tests using a consolidated set of parameters, optimizing resource usage by deduplicating redundant tests.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple organizations run equivalent synthetic tests using dedicated cloud agents, then each organization can independently monitor application performance, but redundant network telemetry is generated consuming additional resources and energy

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication performance monitoringVSAvoidenergy consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent consolidates testing parameters from multiple organizations into a shared pool, allowing cloud agents to perform single tests that serve multiple organizations simultaneously. This merging eliminates redundant duplicate tests while maintaining independent monitoring capabilities for each organization through parameter customization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal testing framework where a single cloud agent can perform tests for multiple organizations with different parameters. The system allows one testing infrastructure to serve multiple functions and multiple organizations, reducing the need for dedicated agents per organization while maintaining organizational-specific monitoring requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If multiple organizations run equivalent synthetic tests using dedicated cloud agents, then each organization can independently monitor application performance, but additional computing resources are consumed due to overlapping test parameters

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication performance monitoringVSAvoidprocessing power

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges overlapping test executions by consolidating parameters from multiple organizations. When tests have overlapping characteristics, the system combines them into single test executions that serve multiple organizations, thereby reducing the total processing power required while maintaining monitoring reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter customization to allow organizations to modify testing parameters (such as target applications, geographic locations, test frequencies) to differentiate their tests. This parameter variation enables the system to identify and eliminate exact duplicates while preserving necessary organizational-specific monitoring variations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If multiple organizations run equivalent synthetic tests using dedicated cloud agents, then each organization can independently monitor application performance, but network bandwidth is wasted generating largely redundant network telemetry

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication performance monitoringVSAvoidnetwork bandwidth

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent consolidates network probe generation by merging tests with overlapping parameters. Instead of multiple organizations generating separate network probes for the same targets, the system combines these into single probe transmissions that are shared across organizations, thereby reducing redundant network bandwidth consumption while maintaining monitoring capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Adaptability or versatility

If dedicated cloud agents are used for each organization, then independent testing can be performed, but device complexity increases with multiple agents performing overlapping functions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependent testing capabilityVSAvoidagent complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the system from multiple single-function dedicated agents to fewer multi-functional cloud agents. Each cloud agent is configured to handle tests for multiple organizations with different parameters, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining independent testing capabilities through parameter-based differentiation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the testing functionality into parameter configurations rather than separate physical agents. Each organization's testing requirements are segmented as configurable parameters that can be applied to shared cloud agents, reducing device complexity while preserving organizational independence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12596637B2Optimzing synthetic tests across cloud, enterprise, and user agents

Publication Date: 2026.04.07 CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC

AI summary

In one embodiment, a device obtains testing parameters used by a plurality of agents in a network to perform testing with respect to an online application. The device identifies overlapping parameters among the testing parameters and generates a consolidated set of testing parameters for the overlapping parameters. The device configures the plurality of agents such that a singular testing agent performs testing with respect to the online application using the consolidated set of testing parameters instead of multiple testing agents performing testing with respect to the online application using the overlapping parameters.