Patent Document ID: 8516439
Application ID: 11964572
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for use with a plurality of objects each representing a particular computing device, a user account, a service, an application, or a network, a portion of the plurality of objects being associated with suspect or fraudulent activity, the method being performed by a computing device, the method comprising: identifying, by the computing device, one of the plurality of objects an object of interest, others of the plurality of objects being related to the object of interest, others of the plurality of objects being related to the object of interest by a plurality of relationships, each relationship identifying a connection between one or plurality of relationships, each relationship identifying a connection between one of plurality of objects and another one of the plurality of objects, the plurality of relationships comprising one or more exceptional relationships and one or more normal relationships, each exceptional relationship being between a first one of plurality of objects and a second one of the plurality of objects wherein at least one of the first and second objects is associated with suspect or fraudulent activity, each normal relationship being between a third one of plurality of objects and a fourth one of the plurality of objects wherein neither the third object nor the fourth object is associated with suspect or fraudulent activity; displaying, by the computing device, a visual representation of each of the plurality of objects within a visual manifestation; displaying, by the computing device, a first indication within the visual manifestation for each of at least a portion of the one or more exceptional relationships; receiving, by the computing device, a user interaction from a user; and in response to the user interaction, at least one of altering or expanding, by the computing device, the visual manifestation.