Patent ID: 8429270

Claim:
A method comprising: storing, by a computer device, information correlating a plurality of users to a plurality of interfaces, each user, of the plurality of users, being associated with one or more of the plurality of interfaces, and respective sets of interfaces, in the plurality of interfaces, being included in a plurality of network devices; determining, by the computer device, first quantities of data transmitted, respectively, by the plurality of network devices; determining, by the computer device and based on the first quantities, second quantities of the data transmitted, respectively, via the plurality of interfaces; determining, by the computer device, third quantities of the data associated with, respectively, the plurality of users based on the second quantities and the stored information correlating the plurality of users to the plurality of interfaces; creating, by the computer device and based on the third quantities, a plurality of user records corresponding to the plurality of users, each of the plurality of user records being associated with a respective user, of the plurality of users, and each of the plurality of user records including: an identifier of the respective user, and data identifying a particular third quantity, of the third quantities, associated with the respective user; and storing, by the computer device, the plurality of user records.