Patent ID: 9497216
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents including instructions that, when executed, configure a computing device of an electronic information service to perform a method, the method comprising: in response to receiving a request on behalf of a user for information available from the electronic information service and that includes an indication of a third-party information source, assessing, by the configured computing device of the electronic information service, the received request based at least in part on the indication of the third-party information source, wherein the third-party information source participated in initiating the request and is distinct from the electronic information service, and wherein the assessing includes applying one or more fraud assessment tests and generating, based at least in part on the applied one or more fraud assessment tests, an assessment that the received request reflects activities of a party other than the user to obtain unauthorized access to information from the electronic information service; and initiating, based on the generated assessment, one or more activities to inhibit the other party from obtaining the unauthorized access to the information from the electronic information service.