Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for evaluating a network of entities and assets
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1. An apparatus for evaluating a network of one or more entities and one or more assets, said apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing information pertaining to at least a first entity in the network and at least a first asset in the network, the information including a first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity and a second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first group of attributes including at least a first attribute identifying the first entity and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first entity, the second group of attributes including a first attribute identifying the first asset and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first asset;
a computer having a display, said computer being coupled to said memory, said computer being programmed to access said memory and retrieve at least a first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity and a second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset, the first subset of the information including at least the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity, the second subset of the information including at least the second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first subset of the information and the second subset of the information being retrieved from the memory in accordance with specified criteria;
wherein the computer is programmed to display one or more first indicia representative of the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity and one or more second indicia representative of the second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus, method and computer apparatus for evaluating a network of entities and assets.
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1. An apparatus for evaluating a network of one or more entities and one or more assets, said apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing information pertaining to at least a first entity in the network and at least a first asset in the network, the information including a first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity and a second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first group of attributes including at least a first attribute identifying the first entity and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first entity, the second group of attributes including a first attribute identifying the first asset and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first asset;
a computer having a display, said computer being coupled to said memory, said computer being programmed to access said memory and retrieve at least a first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity and a second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset, the first subset of the information including at least the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity, the second subset of the information including at least the second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first subset of the information and the second subset of the information being retrieved from the memory in accordance with specified criteria;
wherein the computer is programmed to display one or more first indicia representative of the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity and one or more second indicia representative of the second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 167, 168)
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26. The apparatus defined by calim 4, wherein the first attribute of the fourth group of attributes identifies the name of the second asset and the second attribute of the fourth group of attributes identifies a coordinate position of the second asset.
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57. A method for evaluating a network of one or more entities and one or more assets, said method comprising the acts of:
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retrieving from a memory in accordance with specified criteria at least a first subset of information pertaining to a first entity in the network and a second subset of the information pertaining to a first asset in the network, the memory storing the information, which pertains to at least the first entity and at least the first asset, the information including a first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity and a second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first group of attributes including at least a first attribute identifying the first entity and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first entity, the second group of attributes including a first attribute identifying the first asset and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first asset, the first subset of the information including at least the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity, and the second subset of the information including at least the second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset; and
associating one or more first indicia with the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity, the first indicia being representative of the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity;
associating one or more second indicia with the second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset, the second indicia being representative of the second subset of information pertaining to the first asset; and
displaying the one or more first indicia and the one or more second indicia. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114)
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115. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to facilitate evaluation of a network of one or more entities and one or more assets, the instructions being executable by a computer to perform the following acts:
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retrieving from a memory in accordance with specified criteria at least a first subset of information pertaining to a first entity in the network and a second subset of the information pertaining to a first asset in the network, the memory storing the information, which pertains to at least the first entity and at least the first asset, the information including a first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity and a second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first group of attributes including at least a first attribute identifying the first entity and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first entity, the second group of attributes including a first attribute identifying the first asset and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first asset, the first subset of the information including at least the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity, and the second subset of the information including at least the second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset; and
associating one or more first indicia with the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity, the one or more first indicia being representative of the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity;
associating one or more second indicia with the second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset, the one or more second indicia being representative of the second subset of information pertaining to the first asset; and
displaying the one or more first indicia and the one or more second indicia. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172)
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132. The computer-readable storage medium defined by claim 1115, wherein the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity further includes one or more of the following:
- an attribute identifying an alias of the first entity, an attribute identifying a role assumed by the first entity, an attribute identifying a classification status of the first entity, an attribute identifying a data source from which intelligence on the first entity was gathered, and an attribute providing descriptive information relating to the first entity.
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173. A method for evaluating a network of one or more entities and one or more assets, said method comprising the acts of:
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storing information in memory that is gathered with the aid of software program that searches a computer network;
retrieving from a memory in accordance with specified criteria at least a first subset of the information pertaining to a first entity in the network and a second subset of the information pertaining to a first asset in the network, the memory storing the information, which pertains to at least the first entity and at least the first asset, the information including a first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity and a second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset, the first group of attributes including at least a first attribute identifying the first entity and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first entity, the second group of attributes including a first attribute identifying the first asset and a second attribute identifying a physical location of the first asset, the first subset of the information including at least the first group of attributes corresponding to the first entity, and the second subset of the information including at least the second group of attributes corresponding to the first asset; and
associating one or more first indicia with the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity, the first indicia being representative of the first subset of the information pertaining to the first entity;
associating one or more second indicia with the second subset of the information pertaining to the first asset, the second indicia being representative of the second subset of information pertaining to the first asset; and
displaying the one or more first indicia and the one or more second indicia.
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