Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products for Regulating Network Activity Using a Subscriber Scoring System

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to generate a network activity score model that is operable to provide a plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users;
• computer readable program code configured to calculate, using the network activity score model, the plurality of network activity scores that correspond to network usage patterns for respective ones of a plurality of network users;
• computer readable program code configured to assign a network user of the plurality of network users into one of a plurality of risk classes responsive to a respective one of the plurality of network activity scores;
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• computer readable program code configured to select a subsequent action responsive to which of the plurality of risk classes the network user is assigned.

A device for generating a network activity score, the device comprising:

• a network activity score estimating module that is operable to estimate a plurality of model network activity scores that correspond to each of a portion of a plurality of network users;
• a probability distribution estimating module that is operable to estimate a probability distribution corresponding to the plurality of model network activity scores;
• an accuracy module that is operable to determine an accuracy of the plurality of model network activity scores;
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• a modification module that is operable, if the accuracy is below a predetermined threshold, to modify operations in the network activity score estimating module to improve the accuracy of the plurality of model network activity scores.