Services for capturing and modeling computer usage
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a user behavior model represented in a communicable form;
an agent to employ the user behavior model to capture behavior of at least one of a plurality of users; and
a monitoring server communicatively coupled with the agent to receive and process information about behavior of at least one user from behavior captured by the agent, and to form processed user information.
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Abstract
A subscriber to a service that monitors user behavior first registers with that service and selects a model of user behavior. The service then transmits that model to an agent, situated capable of monitoring user behavior and relating it to the model. After the monitoring interval the agent transmits data from the model to a server, where that data is summarized and reports created. These reports can then be sent to the subscriber in satisfaction of their needs for behavioral information.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a user behavior model represented in a communicable form;
an agent to employ the user behavior model to capture behavior of at least one of a plurality of users; and
a monitoring server communicatively coupled with the agent to receive and process information about behavior of at least one user from behavior captured by the agent, and to form processed user information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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12. A method comprising:
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assigning and deploying at least one agent to capture behavior of a plurality of users;
transmitting a model of user behavior for at least one of said plurality of users to said at least one agent; and
activating said at least one agent to monitor and capture user behavior of said at least one users of said plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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means for assigning and deploying at least one agent to capture behavior of a plurality of users;
means for transmitting a model of user behavior for at least one of said plurality of users to said at least one agent; and
means for activating said at least one agent to monitor and capture user behavior of said at least one users of said plurality of users, said user behavior being represented in a behavior representation.
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18. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing capture of behavior, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of:
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assigning and deploying at least one agent to capture behavior of a plurality of users;
transmitting a model of user behavior for at least one of said plurality of users to said at least one agent; and
activating said at least one agent to monitor and capture user behavior of said at least one users of said plurality of users.
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing formation of processed user information, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the functions of:
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a user behavior model represented in a communicable form;
an agent to employ the user behavior model to capture behavior of at least one of a plurality of users; and
a monitoring server communicatively coupled with the agent to receive and process information about behavior of at least one user from behavior captured by the agent, and to form processed user information.
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20. A method for characterizing user behavior, said method comprising;
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a user interacting with at least one user input device;
at least one network device carrying network traffic originating at said at least one user input device and destined to at least one other device;
storing at least one of a plurality of user behavioral models;
responsive to a command, transmitting at least one user behavioral model to at least one probe in the network;
transmitting measurements taken by said at least one probe to a monitoring server; and
a subscriber interacting with a subscriber'"'"'s terminal in order to originate requests for the measurements and receiving at least one report derived from said measurements. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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21. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing capture of behavior, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of:
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a user interacting with at least one user input device;
at least one network device carrying network traffic originating at said at least one user input device and destined to at least one other device;
storing at least one of a plurality of user behavioral models;
responsive to a command, transmitting at least one user behavioral model to at least one probe in the network;
transmitting measurements taken by said at least one probe to a monitoring server; and
a subscriber interacting with a subscriber'"'"'s terminal in order to originate requests for the measurements and receiving at least one report derived from said measurements.
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22. A method for modeling user behavior, said method comprising:
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at least one subscriber placing a subscription to a service and contracting with the service for user behavior monitoring services;
said at least one subscriber selecting at least one monitoring device, at least one user to be monitored, and at least one behavioral model to be used for each said at least one user;
a subscription server notifying a monitoring server to expect data of a given type from said at least one monitoring device, and notifying the monitoring server of credentials said at least one monitoring device will use to validate transmissions of said at least one monitoring device for said at least one subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing capture of behavior, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of:
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at least one subscriber placing a subscription to a service and contracting with the service for user behavior monitoring services;
said at least one subscriber selecting at least one monitoring device, at least one user to be monitored, and at least one behavioral model to be used for each said at least one user;
a subscription server notifying a monitoring server to expect data of a given type from said at least one monitoring device, and notifying the monitoring server of credentials said at least one monitoring device will use to validate transmissions of said at least one monitoring device for said at least one subscriber.
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