US 12,223,008 B2 · Tamper-proof interaction data

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for validating interactions with false rendered elements. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a rendering notification and a declaration of a rendered element defined in an active window on a client device, detecting interaction with the rendered element at the client device, determining whether the interaction occurred at a declared location of the rendered element within the active window, and processing the interaction including: in response to determining that the interaction occurred: capturing a screenshot of the active window on the client device; verifying a visual appearance of the rendered element in the screenshot with a declared appearance of the rendered element, and generating an interaction attestation, thereby validating the interaction. In response to determining that the interaction did not occur, refraining from generating the interaction attestation.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a first interaction with a rendered element that was rendered at a first client device;
determining that the first interaction occurred at a declared location of the rendered element at the first client device;
and
in response to determining that the first interaction occurred at the declared location of the rendered element:
capturing a screenshot of a first active interface of the first client device;
verifying a visual appearance of the rendered element in the screenshot with a declared appearance of the rendered element;
and
generating an interaction attestation for the first interaction with the rendered element, thereby validating the first interaction;
detecting a second interaction with the rendered element that was rendered at a second client device;
determining that the second interaction with the rendered element did not occur at the declared location of the rendered element;
in response to determining that the second interaction did not occur at the declared location of the rendered element, refraining from generating the interaction attestation for the second interaction with the rendered element.

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A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

detecting a first interaction with a rendered element that was rendered at a first client device;
determining that the first interaction occurred at a declared location of the rendered element at the first client device;
and
in response to determining that the first interaction occurred at the declared location of the rendered element:
capturing a screenshot of a first active interface of the first client device;
verifying a visual appearance of the rendered element in the screenshot with a declared appearance of the rendered element;
and
generating an interaction attestation for the first interaction with the rendered element, thereby validating the first interaction;
detecting a second interaction with the rendered element that was rendered at a second client device;
determining that the second interaction with the rendered element did not occur at the declared location of the rendered element;
in response to determining that the second interaction did not occur at the declared location of the rendered element, refraining from generating the interaction attestation for the second interaction with the rendered element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tamper-proof interaction data

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Abstract

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