System and method for detecting and analyzing digital communications

Abstract

A computer readable medium for analyzing images according to specific kinds of features oriented towards detecting subtle branding features (intentional or otherwise) rather than relying on the usual image similarity detection methods. Also disclosed are steps to enhance standard machine learning techniques to identify new types of transformations by partitioning data into measure-countermeasure windows, which may be either/both detected computationally or inputted into a knowledgebase. The invention further incorporates direct and indirect traits of images that were likely to have been promulgated by a particular group or actor of interest, especially those traits that prove to be more invariant over time (including the use of transformations) which have proven to be more resistant to countermeasures applied in different jurisdictions. More generally, almost all embodiments allow individual feature calculations to be toggled on and off, and to define sets of features according to jurisdiction.