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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Amr Awadallah, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sajjit Thampy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Ferrante, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amr Awadallah, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sajjit Thampy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Ferrante, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to detect Internet bots in communication networks. Some embodiments of the present invention allow an agent of a server to periodically record interaction events on a client system. The recorded interaction events are sent to a server and validated by a statistical test. Some embodiments of the present invention may be used to detect bots using server logs. In other embodiments, an agent of a server is able to detect and validate interaction events on a client system and the server periodically polls the agent to determine whether bots are detected on the client system.