Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products for Regulating Network Activity Using a Subscriber Scoring System
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1. A method of regulating network activity in a network, the method comprising:
- calculating a plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users;
assigning a network user of the plurality of network users into one of a plurality of risk classes responsive to a respective one of the plurality of network activity scores; and
selecting a subsequent action responsive to which of the plurality of risk classes the network user is assigned.
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Abstract
Network activity in a network is regulated. Network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective network users are calculated. A network user is assigned into one of multiple risk classes responsive to a respective one of the network activity scores. A subsequent action is selected responsive to which of the risk classes the network user is assigned.
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1. A method of regulating network activity in a network, the method comprising:
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calculating a plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users; assigning a network user of the plurality of network users into one of a plurality of risk classes responsive to a respective one of the plurality of network activity scores; and selecting a subsequent action responsive to which of the plurality of risk classes the network user is assigned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to generate a network activity score model that is operable to provide a plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users; computer readable program code configured to calculate, using the network activity score model, the plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users; computer readable program code configured to assign a network user of the plurality of network users into one of a plurality of risk classes responsive to a respective one of the plurality of network activity scores; and computer readable program code configured to select a subsequent action responsive to which of the plurality of risk classes the network user is assigned. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A device for generating a network activity score, the device comprising:
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a network activity score estimating module that is operable to estimate a plurality of model network activity scores that correspond to each of a portion of a plurality of network users; a probability distribution estimating module that is operable to estimate a probability distribution corresponding to the plurality of model network activity scores; an accuracy module that is operable to determine an accuracy of the plurality of model network activity scores; and a modification module that is operable, if the accuracy is below a predetermined threshold, to modify operations in the network activity score estimating module to improve the accuracy of the plurality of model network activity scores.
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