Patent ID: 8429113
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method using a computer to identify collusion partners for use in assessing collusion risks involving two or more entities in an ecosystem network, wherein said ecosystem network having a plurality of entities, entity feature attributes, and transactions between entities, said method comprising the steps of: calculating an entity suspicion score for each of said plurality of entities based on each entity's feature attributes and on its relationships with other entities in its neighborhood in said ecosystem network; finding all possible entity pairs from said plurality of entities, therein each pair having a first entity and a second entity; searching all non-intersecting paths between said first entity and said second entity of each found pair of entities; calculating a collusion risk score for each of said non-intersecting paths; sorting collusion risk scores of all non-intersecting paths for said all possible entity pairs; and identifying collusion partners from entity pairs having top collusion risk scores.