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US 2004/0111623 A1Published application
Systems and methods for detecting user presence
AssigneeAkonix Systems, Inc.
InventorsRandy Miller, Robert Poling, Richard S. Pugh, Dmitry Shapiro
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Abstract
A protocol management system is capable of detecting certain message protocols and applying policy rules to the detected message protocols that prevent intrusion, or abuse, of a network's resources. In one aspect, a protocol message gateway is configured to apply policy rules to high level message protocols, such as those that reside at layer 7 of the ISO protocol stack.
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A method for detecting user presence, comprising:
- receiving a login message from a user;
- searching a multi-dimensional list in comprising information related to a plurality of other users associated with the user that generated the login message;
- and
- if the information stored in the multi-dimensional list indicates that any of the plurality of other users are logged in, then notifying the user that generated the login message of the presence of those other users that are logged in.
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A method for detecting user presence, comprising:
- receiving a login message from a user;
- searching a multi-dimensional list in comprising information related to a plurality of other users associated with the user that generated the login message;
- and
- for each of the plurality of other users, searching a multi-dimensional associated with the other user to determine if it includes information related to the user that generated the login message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.