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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Sushrut Karanjkar, Fremont, CA (US);

Anindo Mukherjee, Mountain View, CA (US);

Meenali Rungta, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sushrut Karanjkar, Fremont, CA (US);

Anindo Mukherjee, Mountain View, CA (US);

Meenali Rungta, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provided that determines the likelihood of an account is being used by a computer program to automatically generate and send information to other accounts. In one aspect, the system calculates the likelihood for one account based on the amount of the account's social interaction with other accounts and the likelihood that such other accounts and are being used by a computer program to automatically generate and send information to other accounts.


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