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United
States
Patent
Beckett,
III
et
al.
US008590054B2
US
8,590,054
B2
*Nov.
19,
2013
(10)
Patent
N0.:
(45)
Date
of Patent:
(54) (75) (73) (21) (22) (65) (63) (51) (52)
METHODS,
DEVICES
AND COMPUTER
PROGRAM
PRODUCTS
FOR
REGULATING
NETWORK
CTIVITY
USING
A
SUBSCRIBER
SCORING
SYSTEM
(58)
Field
of Classi?cation
Search
USPC
.............................
..
726/22e26;
709/223e225
See
application ?le
for
complete
search
history.
Inventors:
William
R.
Beckett,
III,
Marlboro,
NJ
(56)
References Cited
Assignee:
AT&T
ntellectual
PI‘OPGI‘ty
I,
L.P.,
7,069,256 131* 6/2006
Campos
““““““““““““
706/16
Atlanta,
GA
US)
7,490,356
B2
2/2009
Lieblich
et
a1.
..
726/25
7,849,032
Bl
*
l2/20l0
Campos
et
a1.
..
706/25
Notice: Subject
to
any
disclaimer,
the
term of
his
i
1
EOUOS
ttaii
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~~
awyer
e
atent
15
extended
or adlusted
under 35
2007/0294187
Al*
12/2007
Scherrer
..
705/75
U~S-C-
15409133’
Odays~
2008/0072321
Al
3/2008
Wahl
..
726/22
>l<
This
patent
is
subject
to
a terminal
dis-
Zoos/0189788
Al
8/2008 Bahl 726/25
claimer.
*
cited
by
examiner
App1.No.:
13/595,751
Primary
Examiner
uyen Doan
Filed:
Aug.
27,
2012
(74) Attorney,
Agent,
or
FirmiMyers
Bigel Sibley
&
Sajovec,
P.A.
Prior
Publication
Data
US
2012/0324585
A1
Dec.
20,
2012
(57)
ABSTRACT
Network
ctivity
in a
network
is
regulated.
Network
ctivity
scores
that
correspond
to
network
usage
patterns
for
respec
tive
network
users
are
calculated.
A
etwork
user
is
assigned
into
one
of
ultiple
risk classes
responsive
o
a respective
one
of
he
network
activity
scores.
A
ubsequent
action
s
selected
Related
U.S.
Application
Data
Continuation of
application
No.
12/344,987,
?led
on
Dec.
29,
2008,
now
at.
No.
8,275,899.
Int.
Cl.
. . . .
G06F
5/173
(200601)
responsive
to
wh1ch
of
the
r1sk classes
the
network
user
1s
asslgned.
U.S.
Cl.
USPC
...........
.
726/26;
709/232;
709/223;
709/224;
709/225; 726/22; 726/23; 726/24;
726/25
17
Claims,
6
Drawing
Sheets
112
110
Subscriber
‘
—
— —
|
Monitoring
|
LOW
i’ic’i'riclll
100
114
Subscriber
Network
Subscriber
:
Usage
Surveillance
Data
A
Subscriber
Reputation
Score
=
(SRS)
176 Computation
Engine
Subscriber
__
Protection
V
A
Subscriber
‘
{——High—_i
Quarantine
‘
LticriuricyJ
118
US.
Patent
Nov.
19,
2013
Sheet
1
of6
US
,590,054
B2
112 110
f
F
Subscriber
|--
—
~
Monitoring
—>
LOW
Accuracy
|
L
__
_
_
_
120
~
00
/
114
Subscriber
Network
Subscriber
Surveillance
L___>
Usage
Data
Subscriber
Reputation
YES
Score
H———
(SRS)
116 Computation
/
Engine
Subscriber
Protection
I
Protection
Range?
YES
NO
>
Subscriber
IF
High
Quarantine
F
LAccuracy
\—
18
FIG.
1
US.
Patent
Nov.
19,
2013
Sheet
2
of6
US
,590,054
B2
Start
i
i
130
Network
Flow
/—
Data
F—
140
/—
42
ANALYZE
MODEL
Compute Compute
Subscriber
— ———————>
. .
Statistical
Model
Reputat'on
Score
SRS
Distribution
(SRS)
v144
F
146
Model
MALLQAIE
Accuracy
Compare
ACCe
table?
Predicted Risk
to
p
Actual
Risk
132
__\
/—
34
Detailed
Subscriber
mgtfrgjle
Security
Risk
Data
6
B%tnets)
(DPI
Anaiysis)
'9
FIG.
2
