Patent ID: 8204915

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of generating a database to map metadata to peer-to-peer (P2P) content in a content acquisition and analysis system, the method comprising: obtaining, in the content acquisition and analysis system, the metadata from at least one remote location, wherein the metadata comprise a key that uniquely identifies a P2P content item; establishing a connection with at least one remote peer, the at least one remote peer storing at least a portion of the P2P content item; downloading at least the stored portion of the P2P content item from the at least one remote peer to a database on a non-transitory medium, wherein the database is accessible to a network element that processes P2P traffic; analyzing the downloaded P2P content item to extract a description of the P2P content item; updating the database to store a mapping between the description of the P2P content item and the key; and defining a graduated series of responses based upon the updated database, wherein different responses of the graduated series of responses correspond to different numbers of detected violations in the updated database.