User-specific policy enforcement based on network traffic fingerprinting
US10263868B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for applying a user-specific policy in a network. The method includes identifying a historical portion of network traffic of the network as associated with a user, analyzing, by a computer processor, the historical portion of network traffic to generate a fingerprint of the user, wherein the fingerprint represents characteristics of user activity in the network, identifying, by the computer processor, an ongoing portion of network traffic of the network as associated with the user, analyzing, by the computer processor and based on the fingerprint, the ongoing portion of network traffic to determine a match, wherein the match is determined at a time point within the ongoing portion of network traffic, and applying, in response to determining the match, the user-specific policy to the ongoing portion of network traffic subsequent to the time point.
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