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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brad Wardman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ryan A. Carrico, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nathan Robert Pratt, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2103 (2013.01);
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.