System and method for inferring traffic legitimacy through selective impairment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9106550-B2
Application number	US-201414299730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Jun 21, 2005
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

Described is a system and method for determining a classification of an application that includes initiating a stress test on the application, the stress test including a predetermined number of stress events, wherein the stress events are based on a network impairment. A response by the application to each stress event is identified and the application is classified as a function of the response into one of a first classification and a second classification, the first classification indicative of a normal application and the second classification indicative of an undesired application. If, the application is in the second classification, a network response procedure is executed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for classifying an application, comprising:
initiating, via a processor, a number of stress events on the application, wherein the stress events are based on a network impairment;
identifying, via the processor, a response by the application to each of the stress events;
classifying, via the processor, the application as a function of the response into one of: a first classification and a second classification, the first classification indicativ…

Assignees

• At & T Ip Ii Lp

Inventors

• Duffield Nicholas Geoffrey
• Krishnamurthy Balachander

Classifications

• G06Q10/063 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L43/50

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L43/10 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/2697

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L47/2475 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic