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Pattern discovery in a network system

US7984502B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2008
Grant dateJul 19, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/552
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Patterns can be discovered in events collected by a network system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes collecting and storing events from a variety of monitor devices. In one embodiment, a subset of the stored events is provided to a manager as an event stream. In one embodiment, the present invention further includes the manager discovering one or more previously unknown event patterns in the event stream.

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