Patent ID: 8451724
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for inspecting network traffic traversing a portion of a communication network using a network traffic inspection system having a traffic inspection module, the method comprising: receiving a filter change request from a subscriber over the communication network, the filter change request defining a modification to a set of filter criteria for filtering network traffic, the set of filter criteria being stored in association with the subscriber in a filter criteria data store; updating the set of filter criteria in the filter criteria data store as a function of the filter change request; receiving a content dataset at the traffic inspection module, the content dataset relating to the network traffic; identifying the content dataset as being associated with the subscriber; retrieving the set of filter criteria associated with the subscriber from the data store; and filtering the network traffic as a function of the set of filter criteria, so that a portion of the network traffic is stored as inspection data in an inspection data store in association with the subscriber and another portion of the network traffic is discarded.