(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,840,501 Bi
Sallam (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 23,2010
(54) BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD THAT UTILIZES A SYSTEM SELECTED BASED ON A LEVEL OF DATA
(75) Inventor: Ahmed Said Sallam, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
(73) Assignee: McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 698 days.
(21) Appl.No.: 11/777,222
(22) Filed: Jul. 12, 2007
(51) Int. CI.
G06G 7/00 (2006.01)
G06E1/00 (2006.01)
G06E 3/00 (2006.01)
G06F15/00 (2006.01)
G06N1/00 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 706/10
(58) Field of Classification Search 706/10
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