Device identification systems and methods
AssigneecomScore, Inc.
InventorsYvonne L. BIGBEE, Randall L. McCASKILL
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Abstract
Systems and methods herein log traffic to and from a device on a network. Logging can occur using a metering device, router, proxy, or other elements. For example, a metering device operatively coupled to a routing device can log the traffic directed to and originating from a user device. Logged traffic can be analyzed to identify users, devices, and/or sessions. For example, an identifier unique to the user device in the session, a device type of the user device, and a specific user of the device during the session can be identified.
Claims20
A method for collecting traffic data on a network, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a metering device in electrical communication with a routing device, traffic to and from a user device, wherein the routing device provides the user device with connectivity to an external network, and wherein the metering device connects to the routing device over a local network;
- determining, using the metering device and based on the traffic to and from the user device, traffic information including an origin of the traffic and a destination of the traffic;
- and
- transmitting, from the metering device and to a third-party server, the traffic information.
A system for analyzing traffic on a network, the system comprising:
- a user device;
- a routing device in electrical communication with the user device, the routing device configured to provide the user device with connectivity to an external network;
- a metering device in electrical communication with the routing device over a local network, the metering device configured to collect traffic information between the user device and the routing device, the traffic information including an origin of the traffic, a destination of the traffic, time stamps for the traffic, and at least one of an identifier of the user device or an identifier of a user of the user device, and
- a third-party server in electrical communication with the metering device, the third-party server being configured to:
- receive the traffic information from the metering device,
- establish, based on the traffic information, a session;
- and
- associate the session with a user of the user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.