Attributes of captured objects in a capture system
US7730011B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/38
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Regular expressions used for searching for patterns in captured objects can be grouped into attributes. Such attributes can be associated with captured objects using tags stored in a database. In one embodiment, the present invention includes capturing an object being transmitted over a network, and determining that a regular expression appears in the object, the regular expression belonging to a group of one or more regular expressions associated with an attribute. If a regular expression associated with the attribute is found in the object, then an attribute field of a tag containing metadata related to the captured object is set to indicate the presence of the attribute in the captured object. The presence of the attribute in the captured object can now be determined from the tag, which can be stored in a database.
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