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US 9,866,582 B2Granted
Detection of scripted activity
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsBradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
Claims19
A computer system, comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storing instructions;
- and
- one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the instructions from the non-transitory memory and to execute the instructions to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving user agent data from an application interacting with the computer system, the user agent data associating the application with a type of web browser application;
- categorizing the application as a web browser application based on analyzing the user agent data;
- issuing a web browser challenge to the application, the web browser challenge being selected based on the user agent data and testing web browser application behavior;
- receiving a response to the web browser challenge from the application;
- generating a reputation score for the application based on analyzing activity performed by the application, a determined correctness of the response to the web browser challenge, and the user agent data;
- determining that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted instead of being performed by a human based on analyzing the response to the web browser challenge and based on the generated reputation score;
- adjusting the categorizing of the application to identify the application as scripted based on the determining that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted;
- and
- classifying the application as one of an automated script or a semi-automated script based on the generated reputation score for the application, analyzing the activity performed by the application, and one or more web browser plug-ins associated with the application.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor device, user agent data from an application, the user agent data associating the application with a type of web browser application;
- issuing, by the processor device, a web browser challenge to the application, the web browser challenge being generated based on the user agent data;
- analyzing, by the processor device, a response to the web browser challenge received from the application;
- generating, by the processor device, a reputation score for the application based on analyzing activity performed by the application, determining correctness of the response to the web browser challenge, and the user agent data;
- determining, by the processor device, that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted instead of being performed by a human based on the analyzing of the response to the web browser challenge and based on the reputation score generated for the application;
- categorizing, by the processor device, the application as scripted based on the determining that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted;
- and
- classifying, by the processor device, the application as one of an automated script or a semi-automated script, based on the reputation score generated for the application, analyzing the activity performed by the application, and one or more web browser plug-ins associated with the application.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving user agent data from an application, the user agent data associating the application with a type of web browser;
- categorizing the application as a web browser application based on analyzing the user agent data;
- issuing a web browser challenge to the application, the web browser challenge being generated based on the user agent data;
- receiving a response to the web browser challenge from the application;
- generating a reputation score for the application based on analyzing activity performed by the application, determining correctness of the response to the web browser challenge, and the user agent data;
- determining that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted instead of being performed by a human based on analyzing the response to the web browser challenge, and based on the reputation score generated for the application;
- adjusting the categorizing of the application to identify the application as scripted based on the determining that at least some of the activity performed by the application is scripted;
- and
- classifying the application as one of an automated script or a semi-automated script based on the reputation score generated for the application, analyzing the activity performed by the application, and one or more web browser plug-ins associated with the application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.