Patent ID: 9276948
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying a threatening network, the method comprising: providing a dataset comprising communications activity of a plurality of networks; performing an AT-SIG algorithm on the dataset; displaying a graphic output of the AT-SIG algorithm for each of the plurality of networks; and identifying a network having anomalous communications activity by a visual comparison of the graphic output of the AT-SIG algorithm for each of the plurality of networks; wherein the AT-SIG algorithm comprises providing a network movement before/after algorithm that provides a graphical plot of changes in networks' communications activity from before to after a key event occurs, wherein the network movement before/after algorithm, after accepting a date of the key event known to be of interest, accepting a selection of a social network analysis (SNA) metrics of interest, and accepting a selection of a time interval duration, performs the steps of: wherein the AT-SIG algorithm further comprises one or more of the following: