Analysis of third party networks
AssigneeMantas, Inc.
InventorsTao Zhang, Steven Kirk Donoho
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Abstract
A method of analyzing customer behavior, where customers are engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in the third-party network, includes the transformation of data representing the customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation, and then analyzing the network representation. The network representation includes a set of nodes and a set of links where each node represents a customer and each link represents a transaction between two of the customers.
Claims21
1-31. (canceled)
A method of monitoring activity in a network, comprising:
- monitoring a plurality of transactions that occur at least partially in a second network;
- storing, in a computer program memory, a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises data indicative of a participant in one or more of the transactions;
- and
- storing, in the computer program memory, a plurality of links, wherein each link is associated with two nodes, and each link comprises data indicative of a measurement associated with the transaction between the participants associated with the same two nodes.
A computer-readable medium for monitoring activity in a network, having sets of instructions stored thereon which, when execute by a computer, cause the computer to:
- monitor a plurality of transactions that occur at least partially in a second network;
- store, in a computer program memory, a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises data indicative of a participant in one or more of the transactions;
- and
- store, in the computer program memory, a plurality of links, wherein each link is associated with two nodes, and each link comprises data indicative of a measurement associated with the transaction between the participants associated with the same two nodes.
A system for monitoring activity in a network, the system comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- at least one processor in communication with the storage device, wherein the storage device has sets of instructions stored thereon which, when execute by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- monitor a plurality of transactions that occur at least partially in a second network;
- store, in a computer program memory, a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises data indicative of a participant in one or more of the transactions;
- and
- store, in the computer program memory, a plurality of links, wherein each link is associated with two nodes, and each link comprises data indicative of a measurement associated with the transaction between the participants associated with the same two nodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.