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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2012
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2117 (2013.01);
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.


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