Ex Parte SurfControl, Inc. et al - Page 8




                Appeal No. 2006-1084                                                                          
                Reexamination Control No. 90/006,334                                                          

           1          said steps of monitoring and acquiring include receiving                                
           2          and assembling data packets to form a multi-packet                                      
           3          communication for each said transmission, said acquiring                                
           4          including using said multi-packet communications to                                     
           5          determine said information; and                                                         
           6                                                                                                  
           7                 applying said rules base to said acquired                                        
           8          information to detect transmissions in which access to                                  
           9          said resources is restricted by said rules base, including                              
          10          initiating a predetermined action in response to detecting                              
          11          that a specific transmission relates to an access that is                               
          12          restricted.                                                                             
          13                                                                                                  
          14          15.   A system for providing access control to resources                                
          15          of a network comprising:                                                                
          16                                                                                                  
          17                 a plurality of nodes, including computing devices;                               
          18                                                                                                  
          19                 means for non-intrusively intercepting data packets                              
          20          to and from said nodes such that said intercepting is                                   
          21          substantially transparent to continuous packet flow                                     
          22          within said network, said data packets being intact                                     
          23          packets consistent with a packet protocol for                                           
          24          transmissions within said network;                                                      
          25                                                                                                  
          26                 means for identifying said data packets of discrete                              
          27          transmissions and assembling said data packets, said                                    
          28          means for identifying and assembling having an output of                                
          29          an assembled multi-packet communication for each said                                   
          30          discrete transmission, said means for identifying and                                   
          31          assembling being non-intrusive with respect to said                                     
          32          continuous packet flow of said data packets within said                                 
          33          network;                                                                                
          34                                                                                                  
          35                 means connected to said output for determining                                   
          36          sources and destinations of said discrete transmissions                                 


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