SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING ON AUTOMATED BROWSER AGENTS

摘要

A method for determining if a web browser is being operated by a human or a non-human agent, based on analysis of certain aspects of how a user interacts with a webpage. By using different ways of detection, one is able to evaluate the user's actions in order to predict the type of user. The predictions are made by acquiring information on how the user loads, navigates, and interacts with the webpage and comparing that information with statistics taken from a control group. Performance metrics from all webpages containing similar elements are compiled by analysis servers and made available to the operator of a webpage through a variety of reporting mediums. By compiling such performance metrics, the method helps combat and prevent malicious automated traffic directed at advertisements and other aspects of a given webpage..