Method and apparatus for a reactive defense against illegal distribution of multimedia content in file sharing networks
AssigneePortAuthority Technologies Inc.
InventorsAriel Peled, Ofir Carny, Arik Baratz, Oded Arbel, Lidror Troyansky
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Abstract
A system for external monitoring of networked digital file sharing to track predetermined data content, the system comprising: at least one surveillance element for deployment over said network, said surveillance elements comprising: surveillance functionality for searching said digital file sharing and identification functionality associated with said search functionality for identification of said predetermined data content, therewith to determine whether a given file sharing system is distributing said predetermined data content.
Claims9
A networked computer system for external monitoring of networked digital file sharing over said network to track predetermined data content according to a content definition, the system comprising:
- at least one surveillance element distributed to locations over said network with said content definition, said surveillance elements comprising:
- network traffic search functionality for searching network traffic for signs of said networked digital file sharing;
- identification functionality associated with said search functionality for identification from said network traffic of said predetermined data content at a given file sharing system according to said content definition, therewith to determine whether said given file sharing system is distributing said predetermined data content, and
- an output, associated with said identification functionality, to produce an output indicative of said file sharing system and said determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.