Securing internet-of-things with smart-agent technology

Abstract

An Internet-of-things (IoT) mechanizes, computerizes, automates, instruments, includes, and connects a broadly dispersed and extensively diverse universe of unrelated “things” to the Internet, e.g., credit cards, home appliances, industrial machinery, airplanes, cars, municipal water pumps, mobile devices, rain gauges, etc. Each thing is assigned a resident local “smart agent”. Or an entity, manifesting remotely only as transaction records and reports, is assigned a virtual smart agent in a network server. These data structures follow, track, record, chart, monitor, characterize, describe, render, and otherwise provide a label and handle on independent things and entities.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to artificial intelligence (AI), and more particularly to securing business insider threats detectable by automated system administrator behavior analysis.Background Art[0002]While AI seems to have only recently captured the attention of humanity, the reality is that AI has generally been around for over 60 years as a technological discipline. In the late 1950's, Arthur Samuel wrote a checkers playing program that could learn from its mistakes and thus, over time, became better at playing the game. MYCIN, the first rule-based expert system, was developed in the early 1970's and was capable of diagnosing blood infections based on the results of various medical tests. The MYCIN system was able to perform better than non-specialist doctors. Thus, in a general sense, while AI may be used to mimic what best humans minds can accomplish, AI is not a patent ineligible mental process as some have contended.[...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is describes an Internet-of- Things (IoT) system that allows various things, including credit cards, home appliances, and industrial machinery, to be mechanized, computerized, automated, and connected to the Internet. Each thing is assigned a local or virtual smart agent, which keeps track of data related to it. The system can collect, analyze, and store data about each thing, allowing for its behavioral analysis and historical data to be stored. The invention can operate alone or in conjunction with other smart agents in different locations. The technical effects of the invention revolve around the efficient management and utilization of information related to various things, facilitating their connection and tracking in real-time.

Problems solved by technology

How to do that securely and not allow criminal to highjack these things for their own purposes is a major issue and challenge facing the developing IoT.

These networks spew out enormous volumes of data for analysis.

However, none of these patents disclose or describe the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning based technologies as claimed below.

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