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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Jacobus Van Der Merwe, New Providence, NJ (US);
Minaxi Gupta, Bloomington, IN (US);
Andrew Kalafut, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jacobus Van Der Merwe, New Providence, NJ (US);
Minaxi Gupta, Bloomington, IN (US);
Andrew Kalafut, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for identifying wanted traffic on the Internet are provided. The methods include determining a traffic history for a user of the Internet; identifying wanted traffic in a stream of Internet traffic based on the determined traffic history; and prioritizing the identified wanted traffic such that unwanted traffic is assigned a lower priority than the wanted traffic. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.