Identification of software robot activity
US10915923B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1441
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by said at least one hardware processor to, automatically: receive, from each of a plurality of web clients, a request to receive data, wherein said data comprises (i) advertisement copy and (ii) a landing page URL (Uniform Resource Locator) associated with said advertisement copy; determine, for each of said web clients, a client identifier associated with said web client; automatically select a subset of said web clients; send said data only to said subset of said web clients; and identify a web client not included in said subset of web clients is a software robot, when a received redirection request to said landing page URL is associated with a client identifier associated with said web client.
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