AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF NEW USERS OF INTEREST FOR CAPTURE ON A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. A network monitoring system comprising:
- a metadata processing device operative to;
receive a metadata portion of a data stream from a user not currently of interest in a network;
evaluate the metadata portion of the data stream; and
create a relationship between the metadata portion of the data stream of the user not currently of interest and any data of a known user of interest.
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for collecting data streams, such as data packets, on a network, such as the Internet, are disclosed. A metadata portion of at least one of the data streams is analyzed on the network and evaluated using a metadata processing engine to identify a relationship between at least two of the plurality of data streams, e.g., a relationship between multiple users of a network, regardless of whether the users are currently of interest or if they are not of interest. An interface manager can receive an information of a new user of interest, evaluate the new user of interest for redundancy against existing known users of interest of the NMS; then communicate the information of the new user of interest to at least one access device to collect data streams associated with the new user of interest.
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33 Claims
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1. A network monitoring system comprising:
a metadata processing device operative to; receive a metadata portion of a data stream from a user not currently of interest in a network; evaluate the metadata portion of the data stream; and create a relationship between the metadata portion of the data stream of the user not currently of interest and any data of a known user of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of monitoring data, the method comprising:
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receiving at a metadata processing device, a metadata portion of a data stream from a user not currently of interest in a network; evaluating the metadata portion of the data stream; and creating a relationship between the metadata portion of the data stream of the user not currently of interest and any data of a known user of interest. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network monitoring system comprising:
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an access device for retrieving data from a network; a metadata processing engine coupled to the access device, wherein the metadata processing engine determines a new user of interest using metadata from a user not currently of interest of the network, and wherein the metadata processing engine is operative to; retrieve the data to be monitored from the network; evaluate the data retrieved from the network; create a new user of interest on the network based on the evaluation of the data retrieved from the network; communicate an identification (ID) for the new user of interest to the access device; and monitor the network for data related to the new user of interest. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of provisioning a user to be monitored in a network, the method comprising:
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retrieving data to be monitored from the network; evaluating the data retrieved from the network; creating a new user of interest on the network based on the evaluating of the data retrieved from the network; communicating an identification (ID) for the new user of interest to the access device; and monitoring the network for data related to the new user of interest. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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