Claims
- 1. A method for generating privacy-specified Internet session content records in a communications network, comprising the steps of:
(a) non-intrusively monitoring a communications network for all content fragments and descriptive network events associated with a communications session, and (b) non-intrusively capturing and copying all of said content fragments into a store of aggregated session content, and (c) non-intrusively capturing and copying all of said descriptive network events into a session description record, and (d) combining said session description record and said store of aggregated session content into a single session record to generate a session content record for said communications session, and (e) configuring a privacy preference profile regarding proprietary content information and proprietary network information and who may access said content and network information, and (f) generating a privacy preference detail record from said privacy preference profile, said privacy preference detail record containing the privacy preferences regarding access authorization to said content and network information, and (g) further combining said privacy preference detail record and said session content record whereby a single privacy-specified session content record is generated for said communications session.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said communications session is an Internet Protocol-based communications session.
- 3. A system for generating Internet session records in a communications network, characterized in that the records are comprised of communications session content, associated communications session description, and associated specified privacy authorization information, comprising the steps of:
(a) non-intrusively monitoring a communications network for all content fragments and descriptive network events associated with a communications session, and (b) non-intrusively capturing and copying all of said content fragments into a store of aggregated session content, and (c) non-intrusively capturing and copying all of said descriptive network events into a session description record, and (d) combining said session description record and said store of aggregated session content into a single session record to generate a session content record for said communications session, and (e) configuring a privacy preference profile regarding proprietary content information and proprietary network information and who may access said content and network information, and (f) generating a privacy preference detail record from said privacy preference profile, said privacy preference detail record containing the privacy preferences regarding access authorization to said content and network information, and (g) further combining said privacy preference detail record and said session content record whereby a single privacy-specified session content record is generated for said communications session.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said communications session is an Internet Protocol-based communications session.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims priority of Provisional Application No. 60/302374 filed on July 3rd of the year 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60302374 |
Jul 2001 |
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