Patent ID: 9241271
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for restricting access to network performance information associated with communications over a packet network, said method comprising: receiving a request from a user to access network performance information associated with communications of data packets over a packet network; determining, using a processor, whether the user has permission to access the network performance information, including retrieving at least an entity identifier and a network performance information identifier associated with the entity identifier, wherein the entity identifier identifies the user, and the network performance information identifier indicates what categories of the network performance information are associated with the entity identifier, wherein a user has permission to access the categories of the network performance information indicated by the network performance information identifier associated with the entity identifier, wherein without permission the user is restricted from accessing the network performance information; in response to determining that the user has permission to access the network performance information, enabling the user to access only the determined categories of the network performance information of the packet network; and restricting the user from accessing the network performance information outside of the determined categories of the network performance information accessible to the user.