SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER USER IS HUMAN

摘要

Systems and methods for determining whether a user of a computer system accessing or attempting to access an Internet resource is a human without unduly burdening or annoying the user. The user first authenticates with a first online service such a social networking website or any other suitable web portal. When subsequently a second online service needs to verify that the user is a human, the user is asked press a button “I am human” or take any other similar simple action. In response, the first online service provides to the second online service the information on whether the user seeking access thereto is a human. This information may be in a simple “True” or “False” form. No other information is exchanged between the first service and the second service, unlike the conventional systems, which use user's login with the first computer system to authenticate user with the second system.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for verifying whether a user is a human, the computer-implemented method being performed in connection with a server computer system, the server computer system comprising a central processing unit, a network interface and a memory, the computer-implemented method comprising:
a. receiving, via the network interface, a request for a resource from a client computer system; b. in response to the request for the resource, returning, via the network interface, the resource to the client computer system; c. receiving, via the network interface, a second request from the client computer system, the second request containing user verification data; d. in response to receiving the second request from the client computer system, sending, via the network interface, a verification request to a trusted server, the verification request comprising the user verification data; e. receiving, via the network interface, a verification response from the trusted server, the verification response comprising a verification whether a user is the human; and f. processing the second request from the client computer system based on the verification whether the user is the human.