22. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a means for transmitting an alert to a user.
21. A system for filtering a data set for one or more data patterns; comprising: means for obtaining a data block of the data set; means for searching the data set using a graph rule set and based at least in part upon a current state of said graph rule set and said data block, wherein a value of said data block falls within a predefined range of values of said graph rule set, and wherein said graph rule set is a graph representation of a set of rules that describe the one or more data patterns; means for filtering the data set to generate a filtered data set based at least in part upon searching the data set; and means for modifying said data set by attaching a flag to said data set based at least in part upon said set of rules and said data set.