Patent ID: 8407765
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A 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; accessing a permission table for determining whether the user has permission to access the network performance information, including retrieving an entity identifier for determining user type of the user, retrieving a segment identifier for determining a portion of the acket network in which the network performance information is accessible to the user, and retrieving a network performance information identifier for determining categories of the network performance information accessible to the user; 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 portion of the packet network in which the network performance information is accessible to the user; and restricting the user from accessing the network performance information outside of the portion of the packet network in which the network performance information is accessible to the user and outside of the determined categories of the network performance information accessible to the user.