Auto program preventing method for auction house for on-line game item and server therefor

An auto program preventing method for an item auction house of an on-line game, the method comprising:

• receiving a bidding request for an item from a user terminal in an auction house where an auction service provider server of an on-line game registers an item for an on-line game and auctions off the item to a user who bids the highest price for the registered item;
• determining whether the number of times of receiving the bidding request exceeds a predetermined number of times by analyzing the bidding request received from the user terminal;
• determining whether an average bidding time interval between the predetermined number of times of bidding requests is shorter than a predetermined bidding time interval when the number of times of receiving exceeds the predetermined number of times;
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• restricting the user terminal from bidding for an item using the auction service provider server during a predetermined bidding restriction period when the average bidding time interval is shorter than the predetermined bidding time interval.

An auto program preventing server for an item auction house of an on-line game, the server comprising:

• a repeated search ignoring unit which ignores a search during a predetermined search ignoring period when the same item is searched within a predetermined time a number of times which is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times, in an auction house where an item for an on-line game is registered and the item is auctioned off to a user who bids the highest price for the registered item;
• an excessive search restricting unit which, when the search is requested the number of times which is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times, if an average search time interval between the predetermined number of times of search requests is shorter than a predetermined search time interval, restricts the search in the item auction house during a predetermined search restriction period;
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• an excessive bidding restricting unit which, when the predetermined number of times or more of bidding requests are issued in the item auction house, if the average bidding time interval between the predetermined number of times of bidding requests is shorter than the predetermined bidding time interval, restricts the bidding during a predetermined bidding restriction period.