Patent ID: 8014397
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more tangible computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of correlating sets of packets in a communications networking environment, the method comprising: providing a first set of packets sent from a source device, wherein the first set of packets includes communications call data; providing a first set of packet attributes that describe a first packet in the first set of packets; storing the first set of packet attributes in one or more databases that are simultaneously accessible to multiple parties; providing a second set of packets that are associated with the first set of packets and that are to be received by a destination device, wherein the second set of packets includes the communications call data that is included in the first set of packets; providing a second set of packet attributes that describe a first packet in the second set of packets; storing the second set of packet attributes in the one or more databases that are simultaneously accessible to multiple parties; and determining which of the first set of packet attributes corresponds to the second set of packet attributes, wherein the determining occurs offline in other than real time, wherein the determining includes submitting a query to be applied against the first and second set of attributes stored in the one or more databases, and wherein the query filters based on criteria that include one or more of a packet identifier, a user name, a correlation identifier, or an address indication to correlate the first set of packet attributes with the second set of packet attributes.