Patent ID: 9015309
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A networked probe system comprising a plurality of probes, wherein each of the plurality of probes is provided in a respective path of a plurality of paths in a communications network between at least one user device and at least one network server, and wherein at least one of the plurality of probes is configured to: store one or more parameters associated with a server type of interest; monitor communications from the at least one user device for a subset of the communications including at least one of the one or more parameters associated with the server type of interest; provide a notification to at least one other of the plurality of probes if the at least one of the plurality of probes determines a presence of the at least one of the one or more parameters associated with the server type of interest in the subset of the communications, the notification including an identity of one of the at least one network server to which the subset of the communications was addressed; monitor the respective path of the at least one of the plurality of probes for additional communications from any of the at least one network server, the identity of which has been notified as the server type of interest by other of the plurality of probes; and decoding communication data from the any of the at least one network server having the identity notified as the server type of interest by the other of the plurality of probes.