Patent Document ID: 8640234
Application ID: 10838863

Base Claim:
1. A method of managing network usage, the method comprising: defining a set of linguistic patterns, where each linguistic pattern is associated with a condition that is to be monitored; capturing network packets containing content during transmission; decapsulating the captured network packets; identifying linguistic patterns in the content of the captured network packets; scoring captured network packets based on similarity of at least one of the identified linguistic patterns to one or more of the defined set of linguistic patterns; and when a packet that is scored above a specified threshold value is identified, implementing at least one responsive action.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: defining a set of categories, wherein each category is associated with a set of linguistic patterns for that category; and categorizing network packets into one or more of a plurality of categories based upon similarity to one or more of the set of linguistic patterns for that category.