Patent ID: 7707401
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a communication protocol in a network, the method comprising: receiving at a firewall a plurality of messages from a computer network; intercepting with an enforcer module executing on a computing device selected messages of the plurality of messages, the selected messages comprising each of the plurality of messages associated with an instant messaging protocol; comparing the instant messaging protocol of each of the selected messages with at least one protocol template stored by the enforcer module, the instant messaging protocol of each selected message comprising (i) a screen name of a user originating the selected message and (ii) at least one of a source internet protocol (IP) address and a port number; based on said comparing, redirecting to a protocol message gateway within the computer network each selected message having bypassed the protocol message gateway, wherein said redirecting comprises using a content vectoring protocol; for each redirected selected message,