US 2012/0239774 A1 · UNOBTRUSIVE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER A NETWORK

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to unobtrusive methods and systems for collecting information transmitted over a network utilizing a data collection system residing between an originator system and a responding system. In one embodiment the Originator System can be a web browser and the Responding System can be a web server. In another embodiment the Originator System can be a local computer and the Responding System can be another computer on the network. Both these and other configurations are considered to be within the domain of this invention. The Data Collection System acts in a hybrid peer-to-peer/client-server manner in responding to the Originating System as a Responding System while acting as an Originating System to the Responding System. This configuration enables real-time acquisition and storage of network traffic information in a completely unobtrusive manner without requiring any server- or client-side code.

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Dependent claims

A system for obtaining and storing information transmitted over a network, wherein such system comprises:

a. A first network location connected to the network that is capable of transmitting information to a second network location on the network;
b. An intermediary network location that is logically situated between the first and second network location, said intermediary location being capable of:
i. Receiving a transmission from the first network location;
ii. Sending a transmission to the second network location where said transmission is based on the content of the transmission received from the first network location;
iii. Receiving a transmission from the second network location;
iv. Sending a transmission to the first network location based on the content of the transmission received from the second network location;
c. wherein the intermediary network location is capable of storing the transmissions received from both the first and second network locations into a logical memory location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Unobtrusive methods and systems for collecting information transmitted over a network

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Unobtrusive methods and systems for collecting information transmitted over a network

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Abstract

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