Patent ID: 9319296
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G08C,H03M,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for monitoring a communication protocol data stream between a source and a destination, wherein said communication protocol data stream comprises of a plurality of communication protocol packets, comprising the steps of: receiving a stream of one or more communication protocol packets from a communication protocol input line; receiving signals unrelated to the communication protocol from a general purpose input line; processing with a processor the stream of one or more communication protocol packets and the signals unrelated to the communication protocol; interleaving change of state information of the signals unrelated to the communication protocol with the stream of one or more processed communication protocol packets as an analysis stream without interleaving the signals unrelated to the communication protocol with the stream, wherein the change of state information includes a change of state in the signals unrelated to the communication protocol and a timestamp corresponding to the change of state, and wherein the change of state information of the signals unrelated to the communication protocol is different from the signals unrelated to the communication protocol; and sending the analysis stream to an analysis computer.