Abstract: A server architecture remotely monitors client page render times by approximating the time lapse from when a hyperlink is first activated to request a web page to when the web page is rendered on the requesting client machine. In the described implementation, a client submits a request for a page. When the server receives the request, it locates or generates the appropriate page and attaches a script with the current time stamp. The stamped page is returned to the client and rendered. When the page is completely rendered (or some other important event occurs), the script is executed to return the time stamp to the server. The server measures the time lapse between the returned time stamp and the current time to derive a close approximation of client page render time. The server assumes that the time required to initially submit a request from the client to the server is approximately the same as the time involved in returning the time stamp.

Abstract: A computer system includes a distributed application program having shared objects on a client workstation and on a server. Installation of the application program assures that an object request broker, a preferential naming service (PNS), PNS registry, and a portion of the application program are executable on the client workstation. In operation, the application program makes a request of the PNS containing an object name and criteria for determining an object reference. The PNS accesses the PNS registry to select candidate records according to the object name and version criteria. In addition, for a tree structured registry, the PNS responds to scope criteria and cross references to identify candidates. A tree structured registry may include references to portions of other tree structured registries. The PNS determines a policy from a candidate record, then determines an object reference by applying the policy.