Systems and methods for preventing fraudulent activity associated with typo-squatting procedures
US8893286B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/57
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method to prevent fraudulent activity associated with typo-squatting procedures is described. An input of a uniform resource locator (URL) for a un-assessed website is detected. A data field on the un-assessed website for sensitive information is detected. The inputted URL is compared to a database of URLs for trusted websites associated with trusted entities. A determination is made as to whether a difference between the inputted URL and the URLs in the database satisfies a threshold. Upon determining that the difference satisfies the threshold, a message regarding the un-assessed website is generated.
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