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System and method for detecting classes of automated browser agents

  • US 9,313,213 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2013
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting automated browser agents, comprising:

  • inserting a means for detecting information into a page code before a page is sent to a user'"'"'s browser, sending said page to a user'"'"'s browser, wherein said means sends emissions from one or more plugins via one or more channels, said emissions capturing client execution environment data without requiring a browser interaction and causing immediate and continued data collection of said client execution environment data, and transmitting via asynchronous HTTP posts said client execution environment data to an analysis server, wherein said analysis server compares said client execution environment data with a first database storing pattern characteristics for humans, a second database storing pattern characteristics for automated browser agents, and a third database storing pattern characteristics which are unclear as to whether performed by a human or a bot, thus forming a report on automated browser agent activity based on a qualitative evaluation of performance metrics collected,and making a conclusion on a probability of the user being an automated browser agent (a bot), said probability being based on which of said three databases has the highest match to said data.

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