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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2024
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Joel Bao-Lan Tran, Canton de Hatley, CA;
Isabelle Thore, Montreal, CA;
Nirmal Pothuraj, Saint-Philippe, CA;
Marc Dorais, Laval, CA;
Mihai David, La Prairie, CA;
Mackenzie Trenholm, Montreal, CA;
Ali Mahram Hassan Zada, Mirabel, CA;
Bianca Matei, Brossard, CA;
Martin Parent, St-Joseph-du-Lac, CA;
Fuman Jin, Montreal, CA;
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
In an example embodiment, a mechanism is provided that helps distinguish between email link clicks that are initiated by a human and those that are initiated by a bot. The mechanism provides three different processes for such detection, as well as processes for how to deal with clicks that are initiated by a bot, although it is not necessary to employ all three. These different processes include detection of high volumes of clicks from a particular address range in a short period of time, a hidden honey pot, and detection of duplicate clicks from different addresses. In additional example embodiments, a stall time is added to any evaluation of click metric to allow time for the aforementioned processes to detect and handle bot clicks. This stall time effectively keeps any clicks from 'counting' until the bot detection mechanism(s) can perform their tasks.