Patent ID: 7555550
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized system for identifying users of Internet Protocol addresses within at least one organization's communications network by matching user identification information from at least one organization's director information with non-encrypted user identification information and current Internet Protocol addresses extracted by at least one discovery apparatus, comprising: at least one database storing the at least one organization's directory information, the at least one organization's directory information including user identification information but not requiring any list of devices; at least one discovery apparatus for extracting non-encrypted user identification information and associated Internet Protocol addresses, having at least one connection to at least one switch in the at least one communications network for passively monitoring traffic thru the at least one switch; and at least one server, connected to the at least one discovery apparatus and having access to the at least one database via the at least one communications network, the at least one server capable of matching the extracted non-encrypted user identification information and the user identification information from the at least one organization's directory information as keys to link the extracted Internet Protocol addresses to contacts in the at least one organization's directory information, automatically determining which contacts in the at least one organization's directory information are currently using each of the extracted Internet Protocol addresses.