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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Paul Atkins, Edinburgh, GB;
Paul Aitken, Peebleshire, GB;
Andrew G. Johnson, Scottish Borders, GB;
Dimitri Bouianovski, Ottawa, CA;
Benoit Claise, Crisnee, BE;
Paul Atkins, Edinburgh, GB;
Paul Aitken, Peebleshire, GB;
Andrew G. Johnson, Scottish Borders, GB;
Dimitri Bouianovski, Ottawa, CA;
Benoit Claise, Crisnee, BE;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for collecting network traffic information is arranged to receive network traffic elements including one or more key fields having respective key field values. The apparatus and method further classify received network traffic elements into one of a plurality of flows dependent on the key field value of one or more key fields defined by a flow profile. The method and apparatus are further configurable to vary the flow profile, create a flow record and export the flow record to a collecting node.