Patent ID: 9077744
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining fraudulent content in a social network, the method comprising: identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of users of the social network who perform a plurality of tasks within the social network in a lockstep manner, the plurality of users performing a specified task in the lockstep manner when the plurality of users each perform the specified task within a predefined duration of time, the predefined duration of time being associated with the specified task, wherein the plurality of tasks performed within the social network include one or more of four tasks: identifying, by the computing device, content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks, including one or more of the four tasks, by the identified plurality of users, wherein the identified content data include updates to a plurality of web contents in the social network; determining, by the computing device, at least a portion of the identified content data as fraudulent content; and removing, by the computing device, the determined portion of the content data from the plurality of web contents in the social network.