Patent ID: 7992204
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of combating online fraud, the method comprising: determining that a web server is engaged in a fraudulent activity to deceive a consumer, the determining comprising parsing a web page hosted by the web server to identify an online form comprising at least one field, the at least one field comprising a request for personal information from the web server; analyzing the at least one field; generating a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (“HTTP”) requests, each HTTP request comprising a set of data, the set of data comprising at least one data element corresponding to the at least one field, wherein the at least one data element corresponding to the at least one field in each HTTP request comprises a set of safe data associated with one or more fictitious identities and appearing to comprise a valid response to the at least one field; and transmitting each of the plurality of HTTP requests for reception by the web server, wherein each of the plurality of HTTP requests appears to originate from a one of a plurality of Internet Protocol (“IP”) blocks, and wherein the plurality of HTTP requests are not sufficient to impair any functions of the web server other than the web server's ability to respond to HTTP requests.