System, method and computer readable medium for recording authoring events with web page content

摘要

A web page that includes content form fields may be modified to include an event observer module and an authored content module. The authored content module adds a hidden “events observed” field to the form fields. Events generated during the authoring of content by a user are recorded by the event observer module. When the content is submitted from a client browser to the web server, the events generated during the authoring of the content are added to the events observed field and submitted with the content. The web server uses the events to determine a DOM of the web page and compare the observed DOM with a stored DOM for that web page and that particular interaction. The page structure may be optionally modified by the web server to enhance the analysis of the DOM comparison. The web server analysis facilitates detection of non-human content submission at a client browser.

主权项

1. A method of modifying a web page structure, the method comprising:
receiving a web page request at at least one web server from a user; retrieving a default web page from a memory, wherein the memory is at least one of: located within the at least one web server or located apart from the at least one web server; modifying the default web page, at the at least one web server, by adding or deleting to the web page at least one document object model element responsive to receiving the web page request if a current web page modification capability function is active, wherein the added or deleted at least one document object model element does not alter the display of the webpage; transmitting, at the at least one web server, the modified web page to the user; and associating, at the at least one web server, the adding or deleting of the at least one document object model element with a user interaction identifier (ID) unique to the received web page request, wherein the associating occurs either before the transmitting or after the transmitting; wherein adding or deleting the at least one document object model element further comprises deleting at least one document object model element if the default web page includes an extra document object model element when it is retrieved from the memory; wherein adding or deleting the at least one document object model element further comprises adding at least one document object model element if the default web page does not include an extra document object model element when it is retrieved from the memory.