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Abstract

An indexer to index keyword and metadata input to or captured by a network capture device acting on a stream of captured content is described. A keyword is a word, phrase, name, or other alphanumeric term that exists within common textual content such as an email, Microsoft Office document, or similar content. Metadata includes properties describing the network characteristics of the content containing keywords. Examples of network characteristics include, but are not limited to, the source and destination addresses (Internet Protocol (IP) addresses), time and date of the transmission, size and name of the content, and protocol used to transmit the content. Additional descriptive properties may be used to describe the device upon which the content was captured, the user, viewer of the captured content or security settings of the captured content, etc.

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