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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:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert V. Joiner, Plano, TX (US);
Ravi Verma, Dallas, TX (US);
Praveen Raghuraman, Dallas, TX (US);
Ken W. Elwell, Addison, TX (US);
Assignee:
Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 8/23 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 8/23 ;
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing a network utilizing an agent. Initially, a signal is sent from a computer to a host controller utilizing a network. Next, a response to the signal is received from the host controller. Information is then collected relating to network traffic involving the computer based on the response. The information is subsequently sent to the host controller on a periodic basis.