Patent ID: 8665728
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: acquiring, from a network, data traffic that is associated with a network connection; analyzing the data traffic so as to identify individual users; creating a list of one or more individuals who are served by the network connection by processing the acquired data traffic, wherein creating the list comprises distinguishing between two or more of the individuals by applying one or more disassociation criteria to User Identifiers (UIs) that the individuals use for login to one or more servers over the network, and further wherein distinguishing between the individuals comprises distinguishing between first and second groups of the UIs that do not share any common UI, by detecting an event in which all the UIs in the first group simultaneously log out, and, after a time delay that is shorter than a predetermined value, all the UIs in the second group simultaneously log in; and outputting the created list of the individuals.