Patent ID: 7924884
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring network traffic, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining, by a counter monitor at a first timestamp of a timer of the counter monitor, a first reading of a value of a counter representing information related to network traffic; (b) storing, by the counter monitor, the value of the first reading in association with the first timestamp of the timer to a storage unit providing a record of counter values over a time period; (c) obtaining, by the counter monitor, at a second timestamp of the timer subsequent to the first timestamp, a second reading of the value of the counter; (d) comparing the value of the counter at the second reading to the value of the counter at the first reading; and (e) if the value of the counter is unchanged, storing the second timestamp of the timer to the storage unit without storing the value of the counter at the second reading, such that the stored second timestamp has no corresponding counter value in the record of counter values over the time period.