Method and system for modifying communication flows at a port level
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying a source port at a source IP address and a destination port at a destination IP address of a communication flow of content being transferred from the source port to the destination port;
determining whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with subscribers of a media provider service; and
sending a flow management command modifying the communication flow transferring the content from the identified source port to the identified destination port independent from communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address and based on an analysis of the content of the communication flow and the determination of whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with the subscribers of the media provider service.
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Abstract
A flow management system for modifying a communication flow from a port at a source IP address to a port at a destination IP address, the modifying being independent of communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address. The system monitors a communication flow between a source port at a source IP address to a destination port at a destination IP address and determines whether a source IP address and destination IP address are participating in a media provider service. The system analyzes the communication flow content and modifies the communication flow from a specific source port to a specific destination port based on the content and whether the source and destination IP addresses are part of a media provider service.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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identifying a source port at a source IP address and a destination port at a destination IP address of a communication flow of content being transferred from the source port to the destination port; determining whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with subscribers of a media provider service; and sending a flow management command modifying the communication flow transferring the content from the identified source port to the identified destination port independent from communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address and based on an analysis of the content of the communication flow and the determination of whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with the subscribers of the media provider service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a memory; a processing device coupled to the memory; a content rule implementer executed from the memory by the processing device to identify a source port at a source IP address and a destination port at a destination IP address of a communication flow of content being transferred from the source port to the destination port, to send a flow management command modifying the communication flow transferring the content from the identified source port to the identified destination port independent from communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address and based on an analysis of the content of the communication flow and a determination of whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with subscribers of a media provider service; a service correlator coupled to the content rule implementer and executed from the memory by the processing device to determine whether at least one of the identified source port and or identified destination port is associated with the subscribers of the media provider service; a content analyzer coupled to the content rule implementer and executed from the memory by the processing device to analyze the content of the communication flow; and a command issuer executed from the memory by the processing device to issue the flow management command modifying the communication flow transferring the content from the identified source port to the identified destination port. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations, comprising:
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identifying, by the machine, a source port at a source IP address and a destination port at a destination IP address of a communication flow of content being transferred from the source port to the destination port; determining whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with subscribers of a media provider service; and sending a flow management command modifying the communication flow transferring the content from the identified source port to the identified destination port independent from communication flows at other ports at the source IP address and communication flows at other ports at the destination IP address and based on an analysis of the content of the communication flow and the determination of whether at least one of the identified source port or the identified destination port is associated with the subscribers of the media provider service. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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