Systems and methods for analyzing relationships between entities
First Claim
1. A method for discovering and predicting behavior in a social network, the method comprising:
- defining an information hierarchy comprising;
an intelligence task comprising an objective for collecting and analyzing information;
one or more indicators of the intelligence task; and
one or more triggers corresponding to at least one of the one or more indicators, wherein the detection of the one or more triggers indicates a likely occurrence of the corresponding one or more indicators;
automatically collecting information from one or more information sources based at least in part on the information hierarchy; and
alerting a user to the detection of the one or more triggers.
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Abstract
An information hierarchy is defined to allow automatic collection, monitoring and categorization of information about a subject and the subject'"'"'s social network. The subject may be, for example, an individual or an organization. The information is automatically collected from a broad range of sources and automatically monitored to generate targeted alerts. The information hierarchy includes an intelligence task that defines an objective for collecting and analyzing the information. The hierarchy also includes indicators corresponding to the intelligence task and triggers corresponding to the indicators. The triggers, when detected, indicate the likely occurrence of one or more of the indicators. Intelligent agents collect the information so it can be analyzed with respect to the information hierarchy. The analysis includes the discovery of direct and indirect relationships between entities. Thus, users can review and predict underlying threats imposed by the relationships.
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1. A method for discovering and predicting behavior in a social network, the method comprising:
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defining an information hierarchy comprising;
an intelligence task comprising an objective for collecting and analyzing information;
one or more indicators of the intelligence task; and
one or more triggers corresponding to at least one of the one or more indicators, wherein the detection of the one or more triggers indicates a likely occurrence of the corresponding one or more indicators;
automatically collecting information from one or more information sources based at least in part on the information hierarchy; and
alerting a user to the detection of the one or more triggers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for analyzing social networks, the method comprising:
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defining an information hierarchy comprising at least one trigger;
automatically collecting information from one or more information sources based at least in part on the information hierarchy; and
defining a social network based upon detection of the at least one trigger. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for collecting information related to a social network, the system comprising:
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an intelligent agent to collect information from one or more sources through a network, wherein the intelligent agent searches the one or more sources based on an information hierarchy;
a database to store the collected information;
a server to define one or more agent tasks for collecting the information; and
a controller to isolate the intelligent agent from the database and the server such that the database and the server are not accessible from the network through the intelligent agent. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for analyzing a social network, the system comprising:
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means for defining an information hierarchy, the information hierarchy comprising;
an intelligence task comprising an objective for collecting and analyzing information;
one or more indicators of the intelligence task; and
one or more triggers corresponding to at least one of the one or more indicators, wherein the detection of the one or more triggers indicates a likely occurrence of the corresponding one or more indicators;
means for collecting information from one or more information sources based at least in part on the information hierarchy; and
means for analyzing the information for predetermined behavior patterns based on the information hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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