Monitoring arrangement
US9596213B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A monitoring arrangement (1) for use with a computer network. The arrangement (1) comprises a filtering module (7) which is operable to filter content delivered to a device connected to the network and to generate filtering data indicative of content filtered by the filtering module (7). The arrangement (1) further comprises a connectivity detection module (6) which is operable to detect the connectivity of a device connected to the network and to generate connectivity data indicative of the connectivity of the device. The arrangement (1) is operable to detect when a new device is connected to the computer network and to examine the new device to determine whether the new device is a trusted device. If the new device is not a trusted device then the monitoring arrangement (1) alerts a user to the attempted access by the untrusted device. The monitoring arrangement (1) is also operable to improve the performance of the computer network.
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