Methods, apparatuses, and systems allowing for bandwidth management schemes responsive to utilization characteristics associated with individual users
US7296288B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0213
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems allowing for bandwidth management schemes responsive to utilization characteristics associated with individual users. In one embodiment, the present invention allows network administrators to penalize users who carry out specific questionable or suspicious activities, such as the use of proxy tunnels to disguise the true nature of the data flows in order to evade classification and control by bandwidth management devices. In one embodiment, each individual user may be accorded an initial suspicion score. Each time the user is associated with a questionable or suspicious activity (for example, detecting the set up of a connection to an outside HTTP tunnel, or peer-to-peer application flow), his or her suspicion score is downgraded. Data flows corresponding to users with sufficiently low suspicion scores, in one embodiment, can be treated in a different manner from data flows associated with other users. For example, different or more rigorous classification rules and policies can be applied to the data flows associated with suspicious users.
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