Method and apparatus for providing traffic-based content acquisition and indexing
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJoseph Bernard Weinman, Jr.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing packets in a network are disclosed. For example, the method scans one or more packets representing a content that is being transferred via the network, where the scanning acquires one or more content elements. The method then builds a keyterm index from the one or more content elements, and stores the keyterm index in a repository. A query handler then responds to queries in accordance with the keyterm index.
Claims20
A method for processing packets in a network, the method comprising:
- scanning, via a processor, the packets representing a content while the content is traversing the network, where the scanning acquires a plurality of content elements, wherein the content traversing the network comprises a transfer of the packets for loading a web page, wherein the web page being transferred is detected via a hash associated with the web page, wherein when the web page is loaded a change in the hash is detected, wherein the scanning is performed when the packets are associated with a network address of a plurality of network addresses on a customer list;
- building, via the processor, a keyterm index from the plurality of content elements, wherein building the keyterm index comprises parsing the plurality of content elements;
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- storing, via the processor, the keyterm index in a repository deployed in the network for use in generating a search result in response to receiving a query from a user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for processing packets in a network, the operations comprising:
- scanning the packets representing a content while the content is traversing the network, where the scanning acquires a plurality of content elements, wherein the content traversing the network comprises a transfer of the packets for loading a web page, wherein the web page being transferred is detected via a hash associated with the web page, wherein when the web page is loaded a change in the hash is detected, wherein the scanning is performed when the packets are associated with a network address of a plurality of network addresses on a customer list;
- building a keyterm index from the plurality of content elements, wherein building the keyterm index comprises parsing the plurality of content elements;
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- storing the keyterm index in a repository deployed in the network for use in generating a search result in response to receiving a query from a user.
A system for processing packets in a network, the system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- scanning the packets representing a content while the content is traversing the network, where the scanning acquires a plurality of content elements, wherein the content traversing the network comprises a transfer of the packets for loading a web page, wherein the web page being transferred is detected via a hash associated with the web page, wherein when the web page is loaded a change in the hash is detected, wherein the scanning is performed when the packets are associated with a network address of a plurality of network addresses on a customer list;
- building a keyterm index from the plurality of content elements, wherein building the keyterm index comprises parsing the plurality of content elements;
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- storing the keyterm index in a repository deployed in the network for use in generating a search result in response to receiving a query from a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.