Automatically identifying potentially fraudulent gaming accounts
US10319182B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/5586
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In example embodiments, a method of mitigating the effects of fraudulent usage of game accounts is disclosed. One or more values stored in one or more fields of a row of a database table maintained by the game networking system are received. The one or more fields correspond to features of a game account that are relevant to determining whether the game account is potentially being used fraudulently. Based on a combination of the one or more values transgressing a threshold value, it is determined that the game account is potentially being used fraudulently. At least some use of the potentially fraudulent game account is automatically locked to mitigate the effect of the potentially-fraudulent use.
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