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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Robert Gleichauf, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven Shanklin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for real-time insertion of data into a multi-dimensional database. The system includes a multi-dimensional database and a user interface operable to access and provide views into the multi-dimensional database. A data insertion engine is coupled to and operable to access the multi-dimensional database. The data insertion engine is further operable to receive and process a real-time data feed and to insert data into the multi-dimensional database responsive to processing of the real-time data feed. In one embodiment, the real-time data feed can represent exploited network vulnerabilities, and the system can be used for network intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment. The method includes receiving a real-time data feed representing detection of an event and processing the event against the multi-dimensional database. Cells associated with the event are identified in the multi-dimensional database and appropriate vectors to the identified cells are created. Data representing the event is then inserted at the identified cells. Visibility to the inserted data is provided through a user interface to the multi-dimensional database. In one embodiment, the event can be an exploited network vulnerability, and the method can be used for intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment.