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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin A Iddon, Edinburgh, GB;
Peter F Palmer, Midlothian, GB;
Richard McBride, Musselburgh, GB;
John Briggs, Loanhead, GB;
Assignee:
3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520011 ; 39520002 ; 39520013 ; 395415 ; 395416 ; 395417 ; 395610 ; 395616 ; 395838 ; 364D / ; 36424294 ; 3642844 ; 3642694 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for collecting network data from a computer network. Control structures are created for groups of data to be collected. The control structures are then associated with corresponding tables for storing the data. Different control structures and extract functions are defined depending upon which data is to be collected, and the form in which the data is to be presented. These control structures and extract functions are then employed to avoid redundant data gathering efforts.