Patent ID: 9479522
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for monitoring network traffic traveling through a router coupled to a communication network, the communication network containing a plurality of network elements capable of transmitting data between network devices, the method comprising: receiving a predefined first signature from a first subscriber over the communication network and storing the predefined first signature; detecting a first packet flow traveling through the router to its destination via a content-based monitoring process; extracting a plurality of bits representing a first signature identifying content of the first packet flow from a predefined location the first packet flow; retrieving the predefined first signature from a storage in accordance with the first signature; comparing the first signature with the predefined first signature; facilitating an issuance of a message indicating unauthorized distribution associated with the first packet flow when bit pattern of the first signature matches with bit pattern of the predefined first signature; facilitating to prevent the first packet flow from traveling to its destination in accordance with the message of unauthorized distribution; and generating a report indicating accumulative statistics of data streams traveling through the communications network and providing a market analysis in accordance with recorded data relating packet flows traveling through the communications network.