Patent ID: 9736030
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device and from a network device, a particular message; extracting, by the computing device, a tag and a particular identifier from the particular message; determining, by the computing device and based on the tag, that the particular message is for a log-in event that includes logging into an application of the network device; receiving, by the computing device and from the network device, one or more messages that are for one or more events, of a network management activity that occurs during a session that is associated with the log-in event, until the computing device receives a log-out message that is for a log-out event that is associated with the network management activity; correlating, by the computing device and to obtain correlated messages, a plurality of messages associated with the session based on the particular identifier and one or more other identifiers included in the one or more messages, determining, by the computing device, particular rules associated with a type of the application; and creating, by the computing device, a record for the network management activity based on the correlated messages and by using the particular rules.