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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
James B. Schrempp, Saratoga, CA (US);
Erling H. Wold, San Francisco, CA (US);
James B. Schrempp, Saratoga, CA (US);
Erling H. Wold, San Francisco, CA (US);
Audible Magic Corporation, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
A flow management system for modifying a communication flow from a port at a source IP address to a port at a destination IP address, the modifying being independent of communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address. The system monitors a communication flow between a source port at a source IP address to a destination port at a destination IP address and determines whether a source IP address and destination IP address are participating in a media provider service. The system analyzes the communication flow content and modifies the communication flow from a specific source port to a specific destination port based on the content and whether the source and destination IP addresses are part of a media provider service.