User identification using multifaceted footprints
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMihai Christodorescu, Reiner Sailer, Douglas Lee Schales, Marc Stoecklin, Ting Wang
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMihai Christodorescu, Reiner Sailer, Douglas Lee Schales, Marc Stoecklin, Ting Wang
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A method for identifying an unknown user according to a plurality of facets of user activity in a plurality of contexts includes receiving a plurality of priors for the facets with respect to the contexts, receiving a plurality of footprints of known users, aggregating the footprints of the users to determine an ensemble prior, receiving a plurality of network traces relevant to an unknown user in a computer environment, matching the network traces against each of the footprints to determine a plurality of matches, aggregating the matches using the ensemble prior according to the facets and the contexts, and outputting a probable user identity for the unknown user.
A method for a computer having at least one processor for identifying an unknown user according to a plurality of facets of user activity in a plurality of contexts, the method comprising:
A method for identifying an unknown user, the method comprising:
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