Rules “learn” what is typical or expected for a certain attribute of device data for a given location, premises, time period, etc. Using a rule for a standard deviation the variance between newly collected data and the data stored in a fact table is either ignored or an alert (or some action) is...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7944469?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7944469 - System and method for using self-learning rules to enable adaptive security monitoring