Method of discovering and modeling actor and asset relationships across a cloud ecosystem

US10511606B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Samuel Terrence Trim · Sammamish, US
• Patricia Anne Donnellan · Redmond, US
• Eliyohu Aron Inger · Bellevue, US
• Keying Li · Bellevue, US
• Praneeth Reddy Vatti · Redmond, US
• Yan GUO · San Francisco, US
• Senthil Vel Gunasekaran · Santa Clara, US
• Nagarjuna Aravapalli · Redmond, US
• Neeta Vinod Atal · Redmond, US
• Priyatham Reddy Allala · Bellevue, US
• Stephen White · Grand Rapids, US
• Xiaoming Wang · Sunnyvale, US
• Michael Gordon Hale · Redmond, US
• Jason Drew Black · Maple Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L41/22
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

It can be difficult to manage assets, particularly when determining ownership of assets. Systems and methods for facilitating identification of ownership of an asset include identifying an asset (e.g., an item capable of being owned), identifying one or more actors (e.g., an entity capable of owning an asset), and identifying interactions between the asset and each actor. The systems and methods additionally apply a decay factor to the identified interactions to cause a reduction in the significance of the identified interactions between the asset and each actor and produce an asset ownership score for each actor based on the decay-modified interactions. The resulting asset ownership score for each actor is provided to an entity in a fashion that allows the entity to identify a comparative likelihood that each actor is a potential owner of the asset.