Patent ID: 9372939
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by a first computer system, a prompt to a second different computer system for display on a web page, the prompt including one or more graphical images and a corresponding question related to the one or more graphical images, and a means for a human operator of a computer system to provide, when interacting with the web page, a respective answer thereto; receiving, at the first computer system, a response related to the prompt; determining, by the first computer system, whether the received response includes a correct answer; when the received response includes a correct answer, determining that the respective response was not provided by an automated entity but was instead provided by the human operator of the second computer system and granting the human operator access to a computer-based resource; otherwise, denying access to the computer-based resource; determining an amount of time or amount of resources that will be accessible by the human operator before a next prompt is transmitted including adjusting an interval for a next prompt including increasing an amount of time or resources associated with the interval from a baseline amount to an increased amount when the respective response is inferred to have been provided by the human operator and based on correctness or incorrectness of the responses to prior prompts; and providing a second prompt after expiration of the interval.