Abstract:
Web server activity is visually depicted on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) by generating and displaying on the GUI a plurality of GUI objects. One or more attributes of the plurality of GUI objects visually depict, over time, one or more sources and processing status of a plurality of requests for content processed by the Web server. The one or more attributes of the plurality of GUI objects may also visually depict other attributes of the plurality of requests for content, for example the types of requests contained in the plurality of requests for content processed by the Web server. The one or more attributes of the plurality of GUI objects may visually depict Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of devices that generated the plurality of requests for content, or times at which the Web server processed the plurality of requests for content. The one or more attributes of the plurality of GUI objects may include, without limitation, sizes, shapes, colors and locations of the plurality of GUI objects.