Patent ID: 6148337
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for securely monitoring concurrent flows of information on a public network of computers, each of a plurality of users having on the public network a flow of private information originating from a private source computer of the user and arriving at a private destination computer of the user, the method comprising the steps of:identifying the private source computer and the private destination computer for each of the plurality of users;retrieving network status information for the public network that includes a current status of each of the public network computers;gathering information about private information flows on the public network by repeatedly,receiving network status information for the public network that includes a current status of each of the public network computers;receiving network operation information for the public network that includes data about information traveling from source computers through the public network to destination computers; andfor each user,analyzing the received network operation information to identify the received data about information whose source or destination computer is the private source computer or the private destination computer of the user; andstoring the identified data in a storage location specific to the user; andsending to each user recently received network status information and recently stored identified data from the storage location specific to the user.