Patent ID: 9686156
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A network flow monitoring and analysis system, comprising: a) at least one flow labeling agent configurable via labeling instructions to label at least part of a data packet flow with at least one unique and covert label; and b) at least one sensor configurable to: i) observe at least part of the data packet flow for the at least one unique and covert label; and ii) generate at least one examination report, the at least one examination report comprising sensor data, the sensor data comprising: c) at least one controller comprising: d) a correlation engine configured to: ii) temporally sequence the sensor data employing at least some of the time information; iii) geographically sequence the sensor data employing at least some of the location information; iv) determine a path direction of at least part of the data packet flow from the temporally sequence and geographically sequence; and v) generate multiple degrees of correlation, the multiple degrees of correlation comprising: