Patent ID: 8490199

Claim:
A non-transitory tangible storage medium storing a computer program for moderating cheating in an online game, the computer program comprising: detecting suspected cheating activities by an online game player; pressing a panic button by the online game player to report the suspected cheating activities and to initiate collecting game information about activities of all players in the online game, the game information including the suspected cheating activities, wherein collecting game information comprises capturing a snapshot of online game session activity that occurred a set amount of time before and after the pressing of the panic button; and communicating the game information about activities of all players to a game cheat monitoring entity that evaluates the game information, wherein the game cheat monitoring entity determines if there was any cheating including reviewing past behavior of the online game player by determining a number of reported suspected cheating activities by the online player in the past, and taking appropriate action against the online game player when the number exceeds a predetermined value, and adjusting a level of monitoring of online game session activity of the online game player in accordance with the number and severity of the suspected cheating activities.