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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Mihai Christodorescu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Reiner Sailer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Douglas Lee Schales, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Marc Stoecklin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ting Wang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mihai Christodorescu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Reiner Sailer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Douglas Lee Schales, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Marc Stoecklin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ting Wang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying an unknown user according to a plurality of facets of user activity in a plurality of contexts includes receiving a plurality of priors for the facets with respect to the contexts, receiving a plurality of footprints of known users, aggregating the footprints of the users to determine an ensemble prior, receiving a plurality of network traces relevant to an unknown user in a computer environment, matching the network traces against each of the footprints to determine a plurality of matches, aggregating the matches using the ensemble prior according to the facets and the contexts, and outputting a probable user identity for the unknown user.