Patent ID: 7228348
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for capturing data transmitted via a communications network, the system being able to capture the data as a result of satisfying a trigger condition, the system comprising: a statistics engine synchronously operable with the communications network, wherein the engine continuously receives successive portions of the data transmitted via the communications network, and wherein the engine continuously analyzes the data at a rate equal to the rate at which the data is transmitted via the communications network, and wherein the engine also selects and outputs statistical and transactional data of interest relating to the trigger condition; and a trigger component, wherein the trigger component is operable to monitor the statistical and transactional data of interest relating to the trigger condition that is output by the statistics engine, and wherein the trigger component controls the capture of a selected portion of the data transmitted via the communications network when the trigger condition is satisfied by the statistical and transactional data of interest.