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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Patrick J. Malloy, Washington, DC (US);
John Wilson Strohm, Rockville, MD (US);
Gehl Ryan, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Antoine Dunn, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Patrick J. Malloy, Washington, DC (US);
John Wilson Strohm, Rockville, MD (US);
Gehl Ryan, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Antoine Dunn, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Riverbed Technology, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments provide for analyzing activity of devices in a network. Activity from a device may result from multiple devices translated to a common address, such as a public internet protocol (IP) address. In some embodiments, the activity from a network or device is analyzed to identify if multiple devices communicate via translated addresses from the common address. The devices may be identified based on various criteria, such as a unique identifier, protocol header information, or a media access control (or 'MAC') address. Other criteria may also be employed. Each device that is mapped to common address is then remapped so that each device has its own address. The activity data is then modified so that each device is correlated with its unique address. Alternatively, a new activity data file may be generated so that the activity of each device is indicated.