Automatic hotspot identification in network graphs

US11711381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Srinivasan S. Muthuswamy · Kanchinakote, IN
• Subhendu Das · Calabasas, US
• Mukesh Kumar · Saint Albans, US
• Yi-Hui Ma · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method to automatically identify hotspots in a network graph. The method includes receiving, by a processor, input data, wherein the input data includes a plurality of messages, each message containing a set of message data. The method further includes generating, by a pattern detector, and based on the input data, a network graph, wherein the network graph includes a plurality of nodes. The method also includes determining a first risk indicator for each of the plurality of nodes. The method includes assigning a first weight to the first risk indicator for each of the plurality of nodes. The method further includes identifying a first hotspot in the plurality of nodes, wherein the first hotspot is based on the first weight of the first risk indicator of a first node. The method also includes outputting, by a network interface, the first hotspot and the network graph.