Network usage monitoring device and associated method

A technology for network users and equipment, applied in data exchange networks, digital transmission systems, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as reduced value and incomplete usage data, and achieve the effect of reducing size, simplifying implementation, and improving cache

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-07-30
NOMADIX INC
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Unfortunately, in order to properly configure proxy caches, proxy-cache servers require user intervention by network administrators, etc.
Also, not nearly all client requests are directed to proxy-caching servers, making usage data incomplete and significantly less valuable

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[0019] The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. However, this invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully inform those skilled in the art. scope of the invention. Like numbers in the figures represent like parts.

[0020] A network 10 implementing usage monitoring in accordance with the present invention is depicted in FIG. 1 . The usage monitoring module 12 is preferably implemented in the gateway device 14 or arranged to communicate with the gateway device 14 . For example, in embodiments where the usage monitoring module is implemented in a gateway device, the gateway may be provided by Nomadix Inc. of Westlake Village, California, and described in U.S. Patent Applicat...

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The present invention provides a network usage monitoring module is provided for monitoring network usage at a network access point, i.e. network traffic aggregation point, typically at a gateway device or a similar network interface device. As such, the network usage monitoring module can monitor the usage of a number of network users who are attempting to access various network services provided via the gateway device. Thus, the usage information collected by the usage monitoring module is considerably more robust than that offered by conventional monitoring techniques. As such, the information is considerably more valuable to network service providers, network users, network beneficiaries and the like. In addition, the usage monitoring method and apparatus offers a number of particular features to improve the monitoring process as well as the value of the usage information that is collected.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to network usage monitoring, and more particularly, to network usage monitoring devices and associated usage monitoring methods for capturing usage data at network access points. Background technique [0002] Communication networks such as the Internet, corporate intranets, etc. have become the form of choice for information distribution in the workplace and in the home. As the need to obtain information from such networks increases, there is an increasing need to provide means for monitoring information distributed by such communication networks. Monitoring of this nature, heretofore referred to as "usage monitoring," can provide valuable statistical or other information to network service providers, network users, or network beneficiaries such as network advertisers. [0003] A network service provider can benefit from usage monitoring in a number of different applications; for example, it will provide the ability to ge...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F13/00H04L12/26H04L12/56
CPCH04L43/0817H04L43/16H04L43/00H04L43/106H04L43/028H04L12/2602
Inventor 乔尔·E·肖特阿纽雷格·K·加格维杰·K·巴哈格瓦斯
Owner NOMADIX INC
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