Patent ID: 8655823
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,G06N,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method of identifying an action to take in response to a new event, the method comprising: receiving a new set of event parameter values which defines the new event: from a prior event database which stores (i) prior sets of event parameters and (ii) prior sets of weight values respectively assigned to the prior sets of event parameter values, finding particular prior sets of event parameters which match the new set of event parameter values within predefined matching criteria; assigning a new set of weight values to the new set of event parameter values based on the particular prior sets of event parameters found from the prior event database, and selecting, as the action to take, one of multiple predefined possible actions based on the new set of weight values assigned to the new set of event parameter values which define the new event; wherein the prior event database stores (i) a first prior set of event parameter values which defines a first prior event, (ii) a second prior set of event parameter values which defines a second prior event, and (iii) a third prior set of event parameter values which defines a third prior event; wherein a first prior set of weight values is assigned to the first prior set of event parameter values, a second prior set of weight values is assigned to the second set of event parameter values and a third prior set of weight values is assigned to the third set of event parameter values; and wherein finding the particular prior sets of event parameter values which match the new set of event parameter values within the predefined matching criteria includes identifying the first and second prior sets of event parameter values as the particular prior sets of event parameter values and excluding the third prior set of event parameter values from the particular prior sets of event parameter values.