METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROFILING DATA COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY OF USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

A method for profiling data communication activity of users of mobile devices, comprises sniffing traffic flows between a mobile device and the Internet through a cellular network; extracting a plurality of traffic attributes included in the traffic flows and associated with the mobile device; logging the extracted plurality of traffic attributes; analyzing the plurality of traffic attributes for generating a user profile for a user of the mobile device based on the plurality of traffic attributes, wherein the user profile includes at least one of an advertising targeted user profile and a security targeted user profile; and sharing information and alerts related to the generated user profile with at least one external system.