Patent ID: 9219751
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for applying a forwarding policy by a network gateway comprising: recognizing an application session between a first host having a first host identity and an application server; determining an application identifier, application session time, and first user identity associated with the application session; providing the first host identity and the application session time; receiving a second user identity in response to the first host identity corresponding to a second host identity and the application session time corresponding to an access session time, the second host identity and the access session time being in an access session record, the second host identity associated with a second host, the access session record further including a second user identity; associating the second user identity with the first user identity; sending the application identifier and the first user identity; receiving a forwarding policy; and applying the forwarding policy to the application session.