Patent ID: 9027127
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for affecting action associated with machine-generated traffic, the method comprising: accessing, by at least one processor, first historical information associated with Internet traffic to an Internet service that occurred at a first time; determining, based on at least the first historical information and utilizing the at least one processor, a first Internet Protocol Address (“IPA”) size representing a first number of computing devices sharing at least one IP address that accessed the Internet service at the first time; accessing, by the at least one processor, second historical information associated with Internet traffic to the Internet service that occurred at a second time; determining, based on at least the second historical information and utilizing the at least one processor, a second IPA size representing a second number of computing devices sharing at least one IP address that accessed the Internet service at the second time; applying, by the at least one processor, an algorithm that uses the first IPA size to estimate a third IPA size representing a third number of computing devices sharing at least one IP address that accessed the Internet service at the second time; computing a difference between the third IPA size and the second IPA size and evaluating the difference to a threshold that is indicative of the machine-generated traffic; and taking an action at a resource-provider system when the difference exceeds the threshold.