METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A THREAT DETECTION SYSTEM

• US 20110161069A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aptos Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aptos Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Staffel, Christopher David
• Application Number:
  US12/649,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

An apparatus for providing a threat detection system may include a processor configured to at least to perform parsing data to identify terms included in a lexicon of multi-dimensional threat factors, generating scoring results for at least some of the terms, and providing a graphical display of at least some of the terms based on the scoring results. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to at least to perform:

parsing data to identify terms included in a lexicon of multi-dimensional threat factors;

generating scoring results for at least some of the terms; and

providing a graphical display of at least some of the terms based on the scoring results.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to perform parsing of text data associated with intelligence reports stored in a secure or unsecure location or associated with content accessible via the world wide web.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to parse the data to identify terms included in the lexicon defining multi-dimensional threat factors comprising target, inspiration, method and actor.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to generate scoring results by generating a score for each term based on frequency of occurrence of each respective term or based on the proximity of occurrence of one term of the lexicon to another term of the lexicon.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the graphical display by generating a text cloud in which terms are displayed based on the scoring results.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the graphical display by providing each term with a corresponding first characteristic indicative of a particular multi-dimensional threat factor with which each term is associated and a corresponding second characteristic indicative of the scoring results for each respective term.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the graphical display by providing a selected term in a center of the text cloud along with related terms to the selected term proximately located within the text cloud.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the graphical display by providing terms unrelated to the selected term in a list outside the text cloud.

9. A method comprising:

parsing data to identify terms included in a lexicon of multi-dimensional threat factors;

generating, via a processor, scoring results for at least some of the terms; and

providing a graphical display of at least some of the terms based on the scoring results.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein parsing data comprises parsing text data associated with intelligence reports stored in a secure or unsecure location or associated with content accessible via the world wide web.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein parsing data comprises parsing data to identify terms included in the lexicon defining multi-dimensional threat factors comprising target, inspiration, method and actor.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein generating scoring results comprises generating a score for each term based on frequency of occurrence of each respective term or based on the proximity of occurrence of one term of the lexicon to another term of the lexicon.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the graphical display comprises generating a text cloud in which terms are displayed based on the scoring results.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein providing the graphical display further comprises providing each term with a corresponding first characteristic indicative of a particular multi-dimensional threat factor with which each term is associated and a corresponding second characteristic indicative of the scoring results for each respective term.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein providing the graphical display further comprises providing a selected term in a center of the text cloud along with related terms to the selected term proximately located within the text cloud.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the graphical display further comprises providing terms unrelated to the selected term in a list outside the text cloud.

17. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions for parsing data to identify terms included in a lexicon of multi-dimensional threat factors;

program code instructions for generating scoring results for at least some of the terms; and

program code instructions for providing a graphical display of at least some of the terms based on the scoring results.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein program code instructions for parsing data include instructions for parsing text data associated with intelligence reports stored in a secure or unsecure location or associated with content accessible via the world wide web.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein program code instructions for parsing data include instructions for parsing data to identify terms included in the lexicon defining multi-dimensional threat factors comprising target, inspiration, method and actor.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein program code instructions for providing the graphical display include instructions for generating a text cloud in which terms are displayed based on the scoring results.