Method And System For Identifying Aberrant Wireless Behavior
First Claim
1. A method that is associated with a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a data-processing system, a plurality of records that report on telecommunications events associated with wireless terminals in the wireless network;
filtering the plurality of records, based on a rule, thereby resulting in a corresponding set of candidate wireless terminals, wherein the filtering is performed by the data-processing system;
for each candidate in the set, generating, by the data-processing system, a pattern of behavior that is based on records that are associated with the candidate;
ranking, by the data-processing system, the set of candidates relative to each other based on;
(a) a measure of aberration in behavior of each candidate wireless terminal relative to the respective pattern of behavior thereof; and
transmitting, by the data-processing system, the ranked set of candidate wireless terminals.
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Abstract
A behavior analysis system analyzes large volumes of records that report on telecommunications events associated with wireless terminals. The behavior analysis system filters the large volume of available records based on investigation-specific rules, resulting in a set of candidate wireless terminals. The illustrative embodiment determines a pattern of behavior for each candidate. Each candidate is measured for how precisely it satisfies the investigation-specific rules. Each candidate is further analyzed for aberrations, if any, relative to the established pattern of behavior. An aberration tends to prove or disprove whether a candidate is more likely to be a true suspect in the given investigation. The illustrative embodiment ranks the set of candidates based on (i) a measure of how precisely each candidate wireless terminal satisfies the investigation-specific rule(s), and (ii) a measure of the aberration in behavior of each candidate wireless terminal relative to the respective pattern of behavior thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A method that is associated with a wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a data-processing system, a plurality of records that report on telecommunications events associated with wireless terminals in the wireless network; filtering the plurality of records, based on a rule, thereby resulting in a corresponding set of candidate wireless terminals, wherein the filtering is performed by the data-processing system; for each candidate in the set, generating, by the data-processing system, a pattern of behavior that is based on records that are associated with the candidate; ranking, by the data-processing system, the set of candidates relative to each other based on; (a) a measure of aberration in behavior of each candidate wireless terminal relative to the respective pattern of behavior thereof; and transmitting, by the data-processing system, the ranked set of candidate wireless terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method that is associated with a wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a data-processing system, a plurality of records that report on telecommunications events associated with wireless terminals in the wireless network; filtering the plurality of records, based on a plurality of rules, thereby resulting in a corresponding set of candidate wireless terminals, wherein the filtering is performed by the data-processing system; for each candidate in the set, generating, by the data-processing system, a pattern of behavior that is based on records associated with the candidate; ranking, by the data-processing system, the set of candidates relative to each other based on; (a) a measure of how precisely each candidate wireless terminal satisfies the plurality of rules; and transmitting, by the data-processing system, the ranked set of candidate wireless terminals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method that is associated with a wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a data-processing system, a plurality of records that report on telecommunications events associated with wireless terminals in the wireless network; filtering the plurality of records, based on a plurality of rules, thereby resulting in a set of candidate wireless terminals corresponding to those records that satisfy at least one rule in the plurality of rules, wherein the filtering is performed by the data-processing system; for each candidate in the set, generating, by the data-processing system, a pattern of behavior that is based on records associated with the candidate over a period of time;
ranking, by the data-processing system, the set of candidates relative to each other based on;(a) a measure of aberration in behavior of each candidate wireless terminal relative to the respective pattern of behavior thereof, and (b) a measure of how precisely each candidate wireless terminal satisfies the plurality of rules; and transmitting, by the data-processing system, the ranked set of candidate wireless terminals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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