Patent Document ID: 20140283070
Application ID: 14176461
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a bilateral inheritance model structure for providing information concerning security intelligence data, the bilateral inheritance model structure comprising a hierarchy of data structures that are each disposed at a given layer of the hierarchy, the bilateral inheritance model structure further comprising: a first data structure disposed at a top layer of the hierarchy, the first data structure defining a parent data structure and associated with attributes that are associated with a top level entity; and a plurality of child data structures disposed at respective layers of the hierarchy that are below the top layer, each child data structure associated with attributes associated with entities that are part of the top level entity; wherein a portion of the plurality of child data structures have a relationship with lower data structures such that the portion of the plurality of child data structures also define parent data structures, and wherein attributes that are associated with the parent data structures are mapped to their respective child data structures such that inspection of the child data structures reveals the attributes associated with their respective parent data structures, and attributes that are associated with the child data structures are mapped to their respective parent data structures such that inspection of the parent data structures reveals the attributes associated with their respective child data structures.