Method for determining validity of command and system thereof

• US 8,909,795 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Naver Corporation
• Original Assignee: Naver Corporation
• Inventors: Ha, Jung Soo, Kim, Jung Su, Lee, Woo Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Azizul
• Assistant Examiner(s): NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S
• Application Number:
  US11/570,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20070245029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,471 Days
• Field of Search: 709/228
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/668 Internet protocol [IP] address subnets

Abstract

Disclosed are method and system for determining the validity of a command line, comprising the steps of: maintaining a first IP address database including first IP address information or at least one terminal specification information associated with the first IP address information, in which the first IP address information includes IP address information of a proxy server or that of a terminal using a dynamic IP address; receiving a command line from a terminal of a user; extracting a request content, second IP address information, or second terminal specification information included in the command line; generating log information including the request content, the second IP address information, the second terminal specification information or input time point information with respect to the input time point of the command line; recording the log information associated with the command line in a log database; identifying the terminal by referring to the first IP address database and the log database; and determining the validity of the command line in association with the identified terminal.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining a validity of a command line using a processor, the method comprising:

maintaining a first IP address database comprising at least one of a first IP address information and a first terminal specification information associated with the first IP address information, the first IP address information comprising at least one of IP address information of a proxy server and IP address information of a first terminal using a dynamic IP address, the first terminal specification information comprising at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the first terminal associated with the first IP address information;

receiving a command line from a second terminal, the command line comprising a second IP address information;

generating, via the processor, log information associated with the command line, the log information comprising a request content, the second IP address information, a second terminal specification information, and input time point information with respect to the input time point of the command line, wherein the second terminal specification information comprises at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the second terminal associated with the second IP address information;

recording the log information associated with the command line in a log database;

identifying the second terminal based, at least in part, on information in the first IP address database and the log database; and

determining the validity of the command line in association with the identified second terminal based on (i) the log information, (ii) the information stored in the first IP address database, and (iii) a desired regularity associated with the input time point information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining the first IP address database comprises:

searching for log information recorded in the log database for a determined period, the searched log information comprising determined second IP address information;

extracting second terminal specification information included in the searched log information;

classifying the extracted second terminal specification information by its terminal specification;

recording the second IP address information in the first IP address database in case the extracted second terminal specification information is classified into two or more groups; and

recording the extracted second terminal specification information by its terminal specification in the first IP address database, in association with the second IP address information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the second terminal, at least in part, upon the first IP address database and the log database comprises:

determining whether first IP address information corresponding to second IP address information included in the log information exists in the first IP address database;

searching for first terminal specification information corresponding to the first IP address information by referring to the first IP address database, in response to determining that first IP address information corresponding to the second IP address information exists in the first IP address database;

identifying the second terminal by using the searched first terminal specification information and the second terminal specification information included in the log information; and

identifying the second terminal by using the second IP address information, in response to determining that first IP address information corresponding to the second IP address information does not exist in the first IP address database.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the validity of the command line comprises:

searching the log database for log information associated with the command line input from the identified terminal;

extracting input time point information included in the searched log information; and

determining the validity of the command line based, at least in part, upon the extracted input time point information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein searching the log database for log information associated with a command line input from the identified terminal comprises:

searching the log database for log information comprising the second IP address information and the second terminal specification information, in case that first IP address information corresponding to the second IP address information exists; and

searching the log database for log information comprising the second IP address information in case that first IP address information corresponding to the second IP address information does not exist.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the validity of the command line comprises determining the command line to be invalid in case that a number of input time point information having relation according to a determined rule among the extracted input time point information is higher than a determined number.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying log information comprising the input time point information having the relation; and

determining a command line associated with the identified log information to be invalid.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining the identified terminal as a second terminal, and

wherein determining the validity of the command line comprises,

computing a second number of log information associated with command lines input from the second terminal for a second period, by referring to the log database;

searching for log information recorded in the log database for a first period;

identifying a terminal providing a command line associated with the searched log information by referring to the first IP address database;

computing the first number of log information associated with the command lines input from the identified terminal for the first period;

computing the first number for the identified terminal; and

determining the validity of the command line by using the first number for the identified terminal and the second number.

9. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining the identified terminal as a second terminal, and

wherein determining the validity of the command line comprises,

computing a second number of log information associated with a command line comprising the request content among command lines input from the first terminal for a second period, by referring to the log database;

searching log information recorded in the log database for a first period for log information comprising the request content included in the command line;

identifying a terminal providing a command line associated with the searched log information by referring to the first IP address database;

computing the first number of log information associated with the command lines input from the terminal for the first period;

computing the first number for the identified terminal; and

determining the validity of the command line by using the first number for the identified terminal and the second number.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the validity of the command line further comprises:

determining whether the identified terminal has been provided with a first webpage, in case the command line is input based on information provided through the first webpage; and

determining the validity of the command line based on the determination.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating log information corresponding to information communicated with the second terminal and recording the generated log information in the log database, and

wherein determining whether the identified terminal is provided with the first webpage comprises,

identifying a first webpage associated with the command line based on a request content included in the command line;

searching the log database for log information generated before an input time point of the command line among log information associated with the first webpage and the identified terminal; and

determining that the identified terminal is not provided with the first webpage in case the log information is not searched.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising an executable program code for determining a validity of a command line using a processor, the program code, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to:

maintain a first IP address database comprising at least one of a first IP address information and a first terminal specification information associated with the first IP address information, the first IP address information comprising at least one of IP address information of a proxy server and IP address information of a first terminal using a dynamic IP address, the first terminal specification information comprising at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the first terminal associated with the first IP address information;

receive a command line from a second terminal, the command line comprising a second IP address information;

generate log information associated with the command line, the log information comprising a request content, the second IP address information, a second terminal specification information, and input time point information with respect to the input time point of the command line, wherein the second terminal specification information comprises at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the second terminal associated with the second IP address information;

record the log information associated with the command line in a log database;

identify the second terminal based, at least in part, on information in the first IP address database and the log database; and

determine the validity of the command line in association with the identified second terminal based on (i) the log information, (ii) the information stored in the first IP address database, and (iii) a desired regularity associated with the input time point information.

13. A system for determining a validity of a command line, comprising:

a storage device;

a first IP address database stored on the storage device, the first IP address database comprising at least one of a first IP address information and a first terminal specification information associated with the first IP address information, the first IP address information comprising at least one of IP address information of a proxy server and IP address information of a first terminal using a dynamic IP address, the first terminal specification information comprising at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the first terminal associated with the first IP address information;

a user input unit configured to receive a command line from a second terminal;

a log database comprising log information associated with the received command line, the command line comprising a second IP address information;

a data extraction unit configured to extract at least one of a request content, the second IP address information, and a second terminal specification information associated with the command line;

a log information management unit configured to generate log information, the log information comprising at least one of the request content, the second IP address information, the second terminal specification information and input time point information with respect to the input time point of the command line, wherein the second terminal specification information comprises at least one of operating system information and web browser information of the second terminal associated with the second IP address information;

a terminal identification unit configured to identify the second terminal based, at least in part, on the first IP address database and the log database; and

a validity determination unit configured to determine the validity of the command line associated with the identified second terminal based on (i) the log information, (ii) the information stored in the first IP address database, and (iii) a desired regularity associated with the input time point information.