Patent ID: 6088622
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
Apparatus for monitoring an on-going input to detect and report events of predetermined type, said apparatus comprising:means for storing an event definition defining an event in terms of a criterion set of one or more criteria to be met by said on-going input;monitoring means for monitoring said on-going input to detect occurrences therein of a said event satisfying said criterion set;report means for generating a report stream containing data on the detected events, the data rate of the report stream increasing with the number of detected events;means for producing an indication of the data rate of said report stream; andcontrol means for regulating the data rate of said report stream in dependence on said indication, this regulation being effected by changing said event definition to change the selectivity of said criterion set in such a manner that the events detected with a more selective form of said criterion set constitute a subset of the events that would have been detected with a less selective form of said criterion set.