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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul A. Lecheler, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
Abstract
A method for monitoring a computer network used to transfer data includes measuring (,) the amount of data transferred across the network during each of a plurality of time periods. The method also includes determining (,) an actual level of network usage by a user for each of the time periods and comparing (,) the actual level of network usage generated for each time period with an authorized level of usage. The method further includes generating (,) a flag for each of the time periods in which the actual level of network usage exceeds the authorized level of usage,