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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Jeffrey Joseph Damick, South Riding, VA (US);
Sean Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Jeffrey Joseph Damick, South Riding, VA (US);
Sean Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
According to a general aspect, a method includes receiving, at a network interface device at a user location, a request from a first machine located at the user location, the request including a first-machine identifier and a request to access through the network interface device a first location on a network. The method also includes logging, at the network interface device, the request from the first machine into a first-machine log for requests from the first machine, the logging into the first-machine log being based on the first-machine identifier. The method also includes receiving at the network interface device a request from a second machine located at the user location, the request from the second machine including a second-machine identifier and a request to access through the network interface device a second location on the network, and the network interface device, the first machine, and the second machine being located at a user location. The method further includes logging, at the network interface device, the request from the second machine into a second-machine log for all requests from the second machine, the logging into the second-machine log being based on the second-machine identifier.