Patent ID: 9112894
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A platform to support real time passive distributed network monitoring and security monitoring applications comprising: a centralized coordination system for a network with distributed intelligent analysis of data, wherein the centralized coordination system comprises a centralized coordination server, a plurality of sub-networks operatively coupled to the centralized coordination server, and a distributed monitoring element operatively connected within each of the sub-networks and configured to passively gather real-time data from distributed nodes of the sub-network and to communicate with the centralized coordination server without causing additional processing overhead to the sub-network; wherein said platform is configured to allow other applications to add and/or extend functionality to the platform, wherein the platform is further configured to provide a scalable real time network system; wherein the centralized coordination system is configured to capture each data packet in the network; and wherein the platform is designed to minimize real time packet capturing loss and system overhead by reducing calls between kernel and user level memory.