Patent ID: 8700769
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining whether a source of at least a portion of monitoring device data is capable of independent activity in generating the at least a portion of the monitoring device data; categorizing the monitoring device data based at least in part on the source of the at least a portion of the monitoring device data; obtaining a set of one or more rules from one or more data stores, wherein the set of rules includes at least one of: an asset rule for monitoring device data categorized as corresponding to a source that is not capable of independent activity in generating the monitoring device data, a resource rule for monitoring device data categorized as corresponding to a source capable of independent activity in generating the monitoring device data, and a device rule for monitoring device data categorized as corresponding to event data; identifying from the set of rules at least one rule that corresponds to the categorization of the monitoring device data; processing the categorized monitoring device data by causing instructions to be executed by a computing device according to the identified at least one rule; and determining whether the monitoring device data is outside a range of the identified at least one rule, wherein the range defines a rule violation.