Patent Document ID: 7970934
Application ID: 11497798
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: logging network traffic at a search engine to generate a log of user interactions with the search engine; generating a network traffic model for a network traffic entity, the model 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; and identifying that an event of interest has occurred based on a comparison of (i) actual time series data derived from user interactions related to the network traffic entity, the user interactions occurring in the forecasted time segment with (ii) the forecasted time series data, and wherein generating the network traffic model comprises: identifying a pattern by comparing sets of historic time series data, each set of historic time series data being associated with a distinct one of a plurality of historic time segments, each historic time segment having respective time intervals corresponding to the time intervals of the forecasted time segment; and determining the forecasted time series data for the forecasted time segment based on the identified pattern.