Identifying and blocking fraudulent websites
US12177251B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 2022 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system may generate all possible character mistakes in a first uniform resource locator associated with a first website, which may produce a set of unique and similar uniform resource locators associated with a set of similar websites. The system may execute machine vision algorithms to compare visual images of the first website and the set of similar websites, and identify a subset of similar websites, which may be undistinguishable from the first website. The system may block the subset of websites, and thereby prevent any user from accessing these fraudulent and malicious websites.
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