Patent Document ID: 8291075
Application ID: 13356169
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining a log of user interactions with a search engine, the log of user interactions with the search engine being based on network traffic received at the search engine; generating a network traffic model for a network traffic entity based on actions in the log that relate to the network traffic entity, the model comprising forecasted time series data representative of a frequency of actions related to the network traffic entity predicted for each of a plurality of time intervals within a forecasted time segment; identifying at least a first time interval within the forecasted time segment, where a respective actual time series data value corresponding to the first time interval exceeds a respective confidence interval of a respective forecasted time series data value corresponding to the first time interval, and where the respective actual time series data value has been derived from user interactions that are related to the network traffic entity and have occurred in the first time interval; and designating the respective actual time series value for the first time interval as a representative of an occurrence of an event of interest.