US 11,860,998 B2
Emulator detection through user interactions
Yotam Perkal, San Jose, CA (US); Yuri Shafet, San Jose, CA (US); and Eli Straznik, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,156.
Application 17/461,156 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,839, filed on Dec. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,106,786.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390177 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/54 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving interaction data indicative of a set of touch actions being performed on a first computing device having a first screen size;
analyzing the interaction data;
determining, based on the analyzing, that a set of physical characteristics of the set of touch actions corresponds to characteristics known to be generated by a second computing device having a second screen size different from the first screen size; and
flagging the user account based on the determining that the set of physical characteristics of the set of touch actions corresponds to the characteristics known to be generated by the second computing device having the second screen size.