System and method for determining use of non-human users in a distributed computer network environment

US10277573B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIVEGAB, INC. · US

Inventors

• James Ryan · Littleton, US
• Ruhul Alam · Austin, US
• James Edward Sylvana · Austin, US
• Conleth S. O'Connell, Jr. · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0279
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of systems and methods as disclosed herein may determine that an initiator of a communication on a distributed computer network is an automated script or the like. More particularly, in one embodiment, a web page including a hidden field may be generated in response to a request for the web page. This hidden field is a field included in the web page that is not visible to a human user when the web page is rendered by a browser and presented to the user. By comparing a received value for such a hidden field with an associated value for the hidden field as provided in the web page, the use of an automated script may be detected.