Patent ID: 6748431
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
In a networked computer system that employs standard Internet protocol to exchange information across a network, a method for allowing a user to analyze the exchange to verify that the exchange occurred correctly and as expected, the method comprising the steps for:reading a network monitor trace, wherein the network monitor trace details an exchange of information that occurred across a network; and rebuilding the exchange detailed in the trace to allow the exchange to be readable by the user, comprising the steps for: collecting one or more packets corresponding to the exchange that are interleaved with packet information representing a separate exchange by: storing data from the one or more packets in a buffer; and determining whether all of the packets corresponding to the exchange have been collected by comparing a number of bytes in the buffer with a number of bytes provided in a header; and reformatting data in the packets.