Samsung patents faster way to sort network traffic using math patterns
Samsung describes a method for organizing network data by turning rules into a specific type of mathematical pattern called a finite automaton. This system uses a main pattern to identify network assets and secondary patterns to categorize the traffic based on domains. The goal is to make the process of sorting and classifying data faster and more efficient.
In the filing’s own words
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a rule set for a group of networking assets; creating, based on the rule set, a primary automaton including a set of keys, each key including (1) a string identifying a network asset from the group of network assets (2) a separator character following the string and (3) a key branch number identifying a state. The method further includes creating, based on the rule set, one or more secondary automata by creating a secondary automaton for each type of result classification in the rule set; and for each secondary automaton, populating that secondary automaton with a set of values, each including (1) a value branch number identifying a state of that secondary automaton, each value branch number corresponding to a specific key branch number in the primary automaton, and (2) a string identifying a domain identified in the rule set.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: accessing a rule set for a group of networking assets; creating, based on the rule set, a primary automaton comprising a set of keys, each key comprising (1) a string identifying a network asset from the group of network assets (2) a separator character following the string and (3) a key branch number identifying a state; and creating, based on the rule set, one or more secondary automata, comprising: creating a secondary automaton for each type of result classification in the rule set; and for each secondary automaton, populating that secondary automaton with a set of values, each value comprising (1) a value branch number identifying a state of that secondary automaton, each value branch number corresponding to a specific key branch number in the primary automaton, and (2) a string identifying a domain identified in the rule set.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Efficient network traffic classification using deterministic finite automata
- Patent number
- US12744714B2
- Application number
- 18946401
- Filed
- Nov 13, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 43/04 Electricity & electronicsH04L 47/70 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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