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A network traffic hub receives network traffic from a user device running an application. The network traffic hub aggregates the network traffic into augmented netflows. Based on netflow parameters extracted by the network traffic hub, one or more augmented netflows are associated with the application. The network traffic hub determines whether an augmented netflow is a result of the application being in an active state or a passive state based on, for example, the quantity of data within the netflow. If the quantity of data within the augmented netflow is larger than a data threshold, the augmented netflow can be classified as an active usage, and if the data is less than the data threshold, the augmented netflow can be classified as a passive usage. Thus, by classifying network traffic of an application as active or passive, a record of a user's active usage of the application can be recorded.
