MOBILE CLICK FRAUD PREVENTION

摘要

A system is disclosed for detecting and handling click fraud in a mobile environment. The system may identify a source of a request. The request may be handled differently based on whether the source of the request originated from mobile traffic or web traffic. The source of the request may be used to determine whether a request is valid or invalid. The request may be flagged if the request is invalid.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a communication circuit operative to receive from a source over a network a request for information, the request including source identification information identifying the source; a source identification circuit in data communication with the communication circuit and operative to identify the source as being a mobile network based on the source identification information; a mobile traffic handling circuit in data communication with the source identification circuit and operative to handle the request for information as mobile traffic when the source is identified by the source identification circuit as being a mobile network; and a web traffic handling circuit in data communication with the source identification circuit and operative to handle the request as web traffic when the source is not identified as being a mobile network.