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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
Charles D. Cranor, Morristown, NJ (US);
Theodore Johnson, New York, NY (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
Charles D. Cranor, Morristown, NJ (US);
Theodore Johnson, New York, NY (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for monitoring traffic in a data communication network and for extracting useful statistics and information is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a network interface card has a run-time system and one or more processing blocks executing on the network interface. The run-time system module feeds information derived from a network packet to the processing modules which process the information and generate output such as condensed statistics about the packets traveling through the network.