Patent ID: 8589503
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented network traffic prioritization method comprising: receiving communications, the communications comprising data being communicated from a sending device to a destination device through a network; parsing the communications based upon one or more transmission protocol associated with the communications, the parsing being operable to identify one or more originating entities and one or more destination entities; identifying a reputation associated with at least one of the one or more originating entities and a reputation associated with at least one of the one or more destination entities, wherein the identification comprises: applying a prioritization policy to the communications, the prioritization policy being operable to prioritize transmissions based upon the reputation associated with the at least one of the one or more originating entities and the reputation associated with the at least one of the one or more destination entities; and transmitting the communications based upon the applied prioritization policy.