Patent Document ID: 8005012
Application ID: 12363482
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A device, comprising: a memory configured to store a flow table that stores, as a plurality of entries, statistics regarding a plurality of data flows; flow table logic configured to: generate flow creation records corresponding to new data flows for which entries are created in the flow table, generate flow termination records corresponding to terminated data flows for which entries exist in the flow table, and output the flow creation records and the flow termination records; and a processing unit configured to: receive the flow creation records and the flow termination records, correlate ones of the flow creation records and the flow termination records associated with a same one of the plurality of data flows, store the correlated ones of the flow creation records and the flow termination records, and determine, based on the correlated ones of the flow creation records and the flow termination records, a number of successful and a number of unsuccessful attempts to establish data flows by a particular source.