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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Jon Eric Okholm, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric D. Reid, San Jose, CA (US);
Jon Eric Okholm, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric D. Reid, San Jose, CA (US);
Packeteer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating the configuration of parameters controlling utilization of a network resource. In one embodiment, the present invention allows a network administrator to quickly and easily configure effective bandwidth utilization controls and observe the results of applying them. According to one embodiment, a network administrator is presented with an interface displaying the most significant traffic types with respect to a bandwidth utilization or other network statistic and allowing for the association of bandwidth utilization controls to these traffic types.