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Network usage monitoring device and associated method

  • US 7,020,082 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2001
  • Issued: 03/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for monitoring communication network usage comprising:

  • a gateway device operating at a network access point that executes a usage monitoring module that captures all request packets transmitted from a plurality of network users and all response packets transmitted from a plurality of network services;

    wherein the usage monitoring module filters the captured packets to extract usage monitoring data therefrom; and

    a usage monitoring database in communication with said usage monitoring module that receives the filtered usage monitoring data from the usage monitoring module and stores the data associated with the user request packets and network response packets, wherein the usage monitoring database stores user monitoring information for network addresses that have only been accessed by a user no more than a predetermined minimum number of times.

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