Patent ID: 8738906
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a node, traffic being transported via a network; obtaining, by the node and as a result of receiving the traffic, content from one or more packets associated with the traffic; analyzing, by the node, the content to identify one or more attributes associated with the content, determining, by the node, that an attribute, of the one or more attributes, matches one or more particular attributes associated with one or more categories of a plurality of categories of traffic; determining, by the node, a ranking for the one or more categories based on quantities of the one or more particular attributes that match the attribute; identifying, by the node, a category, of the plurality of categories, based on the ranking; associating, by the node, the category and the traffic; and processing, by the node, the traffic based on the associated category.