Method, system and apparatus for logging date with low latency

• US 20090271520A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mohammad Faran Siddiqui
• Original Assignee: Mohammad Faran Siddiqui
• Inventors: Siddiqui, Mohammad Faran
• Application Number:
  US12/149,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271520A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1425 Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for logging data are provided. Network data is acquired in transmission to a destination. The network data is converted to loggable data. The loggable data is output in a machine readable format. As a result, the system, method and apparatus provides for low latency acquisition of data, which may also be used for recoverability.

Claims

1. A method of logging data comprising,

acquiring network data in transmission to a destination;

converting said network data to loggable data; and

outputting said loggable data in a machine readable format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises acquiring packet based data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises acquiring a copy of said network data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises at least one of sniffing said network data and acquiring said network data via a mirror port.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting said network data to an auditing entity prior to said converting said network data to said loggable data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said converting said network data to said loggable data comprises extracting transaction data from said network data and converting said transaction data to a pre-determined loggable data format.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said pre-determined loggable data format comprises a data format processable by an auditing entity.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said auditing entity comprises at least one of an auditing entity associated with an entity originating said network data, and an auditing entity associated with the financial services industry.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said loggable data comprises financial transaction data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said outputting said loggable data in said machine readable format comprises at least one of saving said loggable data to a computer readable file, and transmitting said loggable data to an auditing entity.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing said loggable data to adjust an electronic device state.

12. An apparatus for logging data comprising,

a communication interface enabled for acquiring network data;

and

a processing unit in communication with said communications interface, said processing unit enabled for;

converting said network data to loggable data; and

outputting said loggable data in a machine readable format.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises acquiring packet based data.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises acquiring a copy of said network based data.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said acquiring said network data comprises at least one of sniffing said network data and acquiring said network data via a mirror port.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said communications interface is further enabled for transmitting said network data to an auditing entity prior to said converting said network data to said loggable data.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said converting said network data to said loggable data comprises extracting transaction data from said network data and converting said transaction data to a pre-determined loggable data format.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said pre-determined loggable data format comprises a data format processable by an auditing entity.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said auditing entity comprises at least one of an auditing entity associated with an entity originating said network data, and an auditing entity associated with the financial services industry.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said loggable data comprises financial transaction data.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said outputting said loggable data in said machine readable format comprises at least one of saving said loggable data to a computer readable file, and transmitting said loggable data to an auditing entity.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a memory for storing said computer readable file, said memory in communication with said processing unit.