×

User identification using multifaceted footprints

  • US 9,251,328 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2012
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A computer program product for identifying an unknown user, the computer program product comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

    computer readable program code configured to provide a plurality of historical network traces of user activity;

    computer readable program code configured to extract a footprint for each of a plurality of users from the historical network traces;

    computer readable program code configured to aggregate the footprints of the users to determine an ensemble prior;

    computer readable program code configured to receive a plurality of network traces relevant to an unknown user in a computer environment;

    computer readable program code configured to match the network traces against each of the footprints to determine a plurality of matches;

    computer readable program code configured to aggregate the matches using the ensemble prior according to a plurality of contexts and a plurality of facets; and

    computer readable program code configured to output a probable user identity for the unknown user.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×