Patent ID: 8943588
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting an unauthorized site in a service center including a plurality of server computers, comprising: generating first quantitative metrics for an authorized site, wherein the first quantitative metrics are generated from at least content on the authorized site; generating second quantitative metrics for a potentially unauthorized site, wherein the second quantitative metrics are generated from at least content on the unauthorized site; comparing, using a computer, the first and second quantitative metrics so as to perform, at least in part, a content-based comparison between the unauthorized site to the authorized site; if a threshold amount of the first quantitative metrics matches the second quantitative metrics, then performing a link analysis by comparing one or more links on the authorized site and the potentially unauthorized site, and further including comparing proprietary account information associated with a customer of the service center, the customer being associated with the unauthorized site; if the links do not match, then identifying the potentially unauthorized site as not associated with the authorized site.