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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Robert Le, Milpitas, CA (US);
Timothy Bean, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Henry Huang, Los Altos, CA (US);
SS8 NETWORKS, INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for collecting data streams, such as data packets, on a network, such as the Internet, are disclosed. Evaluation of the metadata and the relationships can be performed algorithmically, as predetermined by an analyst or as provided as preset options by the network monitoring system (NMS). The collected data associated with the users of the network may be accessed by multiple analysts belonging to different groups having a NMS of their own. The system may allow access to multiple analysts belonging to separate groups by parsing through a single instance of the stored data. Multiple analysts belonging to different groups may allow to access to a single instance of the stored data.