KR101945671B1 - System and method for detecting auto-bot - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an autobot detection method and system. The method includes providing control information associated with a state change of the user interface to a user interface of a client terminal, receiving response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface, And if it is not received, determining the client terminal as an autobot.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AUTO-BOT

The present invention relates to an autobot detection method and system.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various applications that can be executed on a terminal have been supplied due to improvement of terminal performance and development of network infrastructure.

Especially, the game is growing as explosive growth in demand and supply, which is recognized as a new industry, and is recognized as a healthy leisure activity for modern people. However, as the number of users increases, side effects such as game addiction, game money, and item spot trading also become social issues.

Automated hunting programs (auto programs) are frequently appearing in the media as a result of exploiting the fact that game items are subject to cash transactions.

The automatic hunting program is a program that is automatically executed on a client PC in a game such as an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) and automatically manages characters in the game. Such an automatic hunting program is called a bot, and it has been discussed various ways to prevent it because it disturbs the order in the online game and causes unauthorized damage to a normal user.

In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2007-39415 discloses a method of querying a user playing an online game and detecting an autobot according to whether or not an answer to a query is received.

An object of the present invention is to provide control information to a user interface of a client terminal, to wait for reception of response information corresponding to control information from the user interface, and to judge the client terminal by the autobot when response information is not received And an object of the present invention is to provide an autobot detection method and system.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an autobot detection method comprising: providing control information associated with a state change of a user interface to a user interface of a client terminal; Receiving response information corresponding to the control information, and determining the client terminal as an autobot when the response information is not received within a predetermined time.

A second aspect of the present invention is summarized as an autobot detection system including a control information management unit for providing control information associated with a state change of the user interface to a user interface of a client terminal, And an autobot judging section for judging the client terminal by the autobot when the response information is not received within a predetermined time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing control information to a user interface of a client terminal, waiting for reception of response information corresponding to control information from a user interface, It is possible to provide an autobot detection method and system in which the client terminal is determined by the autobot.

1 is a block diagram for explaining an autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an autobot detection method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of detecting an autobot according to the presence or absence of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram for explaining an autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a client terminal 100 and an autobot detection server 200 connected to a network N. [

The system for detecting an autobot according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented solely through a program executed in the client terminal 100 or may be implemented through a network connection between the client terminal 100 and the autobot detection server 200 have.

An autobot is an automatic program that performs repetitive tasks for other programs. For example, an autobot is a program that is executed on a client terminal and generates an event of a user interface, thereby automatically hunting monsters, characters, and the like in the game, or automatically executing a predetermined mission, or a terminal on which the program is executed.

The network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) mobile radio communication network) or satellite communication network.

The client terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through the network N or to be connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) Handheld based wireless communication devices such as W-CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, can do. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like.

The client terminal 100 may include a user interface 110 and an autobot detection unit 120.

The user interface 110 refers to hardware that facilitates smooth interaction between a user and a system, and examples thereof include a keyboard, a mouse, a display device such as an input device, a printer, and the like.

The user interface 110 may also refer to software that enables the transmission and reception of information between the user and the hardware.

The autobot detection unit 120 is a part responsible for calculation and control on the client terminal 100, and detects whether or not the client terminal 100 is an autobot. The autobot detection unit 120 may provide predetermined control information to the user interface 110 and receive response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface 110. [

The client terminal 100 is a terminal capable of driving a game client program and detects an autobot through transmission and reception of control information with the display unit, the keyboard, the mouse and the like, which is the user interface 110, can do.

The autobot detection server 200 can provide control information to the client terminal 100 through a network connection with the client terminal 100 and can integrally manage a plurality of client terminals 100 on which the game is executed . The autobot detection server 200 may be an independent server that manages the client terminal 100 on which the autobot is running, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the autobot detection server 200 may provide a plurality of client terminals with services And the game server and the autobot detection server may constitute one server-side system.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, each configuration of the autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in all of the client terminal 100, or both of them can be implemented in the autobot detection server 200, (100) and an autobot detection server (200).

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which each configuration of the autobot detection system is implemented in the client terminal 100 will be described.

The autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a control information management unit 121, a response information management unit 122, and an autobot judgment unit 123. [

The control information management unit 121 provides the control information associated with the state change of the user interface 110 to the user interface 110 of the client terminal 100. [

Here, the control information may be a hardware control signal transmitted to the user interface 110 or the operating system to control the user interface 110 by the autobot detecting unit 120 of the client terminal 100, or may be a logical control command, For example, a power save setting event or a power off event for the user interface 110, and the like.

The control information is information for confirming whether or not the client terminal 100 normally performs the game by the user. A typical user will perform the game using the user interface 110, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor, and the like. However, for example, in the case of the client terminal 100 in which the automatic hunting program or the like is executed, the user interface 110 may not be used, or, for example, a plurality of client terminals 100 may be provided with one monitor, Is usually used. Therefore, the autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention can detect a condition that interferes with the execution of a normal game, such as changing a user interface, for example, a monitor to a power saving state or turning off a monitor, . In addition, the system for detecting an autobot according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured to detect a specific action of a user who changes the state of the user interface 110 generated by control information to a state suitable for game execution, for example, It is possible to determine whether or not the client terminal 100 is an autobot by detecting an action of a user releasing or an action of a user turning on the monitor.

The control information management unit 121 can generate control information based on the status information of the user interface 110. [

Here, the status information is information indicating the status of the user interface 110, and can be utilized as basic information for generating control information.

For example, when the display device is already in the power save state, the power off event of the display device can be generated as control information and provided to the display device. If there is no input information by an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, for example, the display device changes its state to the power save state within a predetermined time according to the setting of the client terminal 100. [ Therefore, when the autobot periodically or randomly generates input information, the power saving state may be released by the autobot. Accordingly, in the case where the display device is in a power saving state, the status of the display device may be changed to prevent the autobot from interfering with the detection of the autobot using a false event.

The control information management unit 121 searches the user interface 110 connected to the client terminal 100 before providing the control information to the client terminal 100. If the connected user interface 110 is not searched, The terminal can be determined by the autobot.

For example, when the user interface 110, which is a necessary user interface for a user to play a game, for example, a monitor or the like is not included in the client terminal 100, 100) can be judged by the autobot.

The control information management unit 121 may control the user interface 110 of the client terminal 100 after a predetermined time if the state information of the user interface 110 to be changed by the control information is the same as the current state information of the user interface 110 As shown in FIG.

For example, when the monitor, which is a display device, is currently in the power save state, the control information management unit 121 does not directly provide the power save setting event to the monitor but provides the power save setting event after a predetermined time, for example, . Thus, the control information management section 121 can provide the control information after a predetermined time, thereby improving the accuracy of the autobot judgment. For example, even a normal user does not play a game for a predetermined time, so that the state of the display device can be changed to the power saving state. However, in the case of a normal user, Is high. On the contrary, if the state of the user interface 110 is still in the power save state after a predetermined time, it is determined that the possibility that the client terminal 100 is an autobot is much higher.

The control information management unit 121 according to an embodiment of the present invention may manage control information through a network connection with the autobot detection server 200. [

That is, the control information may be generated by the client terminal 100, but may also be received from the autobot detection server 200.

The control information management unit 121 may receive the control information from the autobot detection server 200 and provide the received control information to the user interface 110 of the client terminal 100. [ The autobot detection server 200 can generate control information based on the game information received from the client terminal 100 and determine whether to transmit control information according to the game information. For example, when the game information including the progress and result of the game performed by the client terminal 100 is an ideal value different from a game pattern of a general game user, the client terminal 100 may suspect that it is an autobot In this case, the control information may be transmitted to determine whether the client terminal 100 is an autobot.

The response information management unit 122 receives response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface 110. [

Here, the response information may be a hardware signal transmitted from the user interface 110 to the autobot detection unit 120 of the client terminal 100, or may be a logical control command, for example, Off event or a power on event.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the response information may be based on the user's actions to maintain the state of the user interface 110 suitable for gaming. As described above, when the monitor is changed to the power saving state or the power of the monitor is turned off, the user will perform an action such as releasing the power saving state of the monitor or turning on the power of the monitor in order to perform a normal game. The user's action generates the response information transmitted by the user interface 110 to the client terminal 100. If the response information satisfies a predetermined condition, the user's action is determined to be a normal user. Otherwise, It can be judged as an autobot candidate group.

When the response information is received within a predetermined time from the user interface 110 but is not received from the user interface 110, the autobot determination unit 123 determines the client terminal 100 as an autobot.

If the response information is not received from the user interface 110 or response information is not received within a predetermined time, the autobot determining unit 123 classifies the client terminal 100 as an autobot candidate group, It is possible to determine the client terminal 100 as an autobot. For example, when the response information is not received once from the client terminal 100, the autobot judgment unit 123 only classifies the client terminal 100 as an autobot posterior, 110) to a situation suitable for the game. After the predetermined time has elapsed, the control information is retransmitted, and it is confirmed whether or not the response information is received. If response information for the re-transmitted control information is not received, the client terminal 100 can be determined by the autobot The control information may be retransmitted a predetermined number of times or more, and when the response information corresponding to each of the control information is not received, the client terminal 100 may be determined by the autobot.

When the client terminal 100 is determined to be an autobot, the autobot determining unit 123 can transmit the autobot detection information including the identification information of the client terminal 100 to the autobot detecting server 200. [

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an autobot detection method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The autobot detection method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the autobot detection system shown in FIG. Therefore, even if omitted from the following description, the above description of the autobot detection system shown in FIG. 2 can also be applied to the autobot detection method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

In this regard, the autobot detection system provides control information to the user interface of the client terminal (S3100).

Here, the control information may include a power save setting event or a power-off event for the user interface.

In step S3100, the autobot detection system may receive control information from the autobot detection server 200 and provide the received control information to the user interface.

Further, at step S3100, the autobot detection system can generate control information based on the user interface, for example, the state information of the display device.

Also, in step S3100, if the state information of the user interface to be changed by the control information is the same as the current state information of the user interface, the autonomous detection system may provide control information to the user interface of the client terminal after a predetermined time .

In addition, the autobot detection system receives response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface (S3200).

Here, the user interface may include both an input device and an output device, and may include, for example, a display device that is an output device.

When the response information is not received, the autobot detection system determines the client terminal by the autobot (S3300).

Here, the response information may include a power save on event or a power on event received from the user interface.

If the client terminal is determined to be an autobot, the autobot detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention may transmit the autobot detection information including the identification information of the client terminal to the game server or the external server after step S3300.

The identification information of the client terminal means identification information for distinguishing the client terminal from other client terminals. For example, the identification information of the client terminal may include identification information such as an IP address, a serial number (SN), a MAC address, May be a unique value assigned thereto. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be any identification information that can be distinguished from other client terminals even if it is not a unique value assigned to the client terminal.

The game server or the external server can block the service provided to the client terminal determined to be an autobot, for example, by using the identification information of the client terminal, and can manage the client terminal by including it in, for example, have.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of detecting an autobot according to the presence or absence of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The method of detecting an autobot according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the autobot detection system shown in FIG. Therefore, even though omitted from the following description, the above description of the autobot detection system shown in FIG. 2 can also be applied to the autobot detection method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the process of providing the control information to the user interface of the client terminal, the autobot detection system may vary the autobot judgment of the client terminal according to the presence or absence of the display device included in the client terminal.

In this regard, the autobot detection system searches for a display device connected to the client terminal (S4100), and can determine whether the display device exists (S4200).

If a display device exists in the client terminal, the autobot detection system provides control information to the user interface of the client terminal (S4300) and waits for reception of response information from the user interface (S4400).

If the response information is not received (S4500), the autobot detection system can determine the client terminal with the autobot (S4600).

If the display device does not exist in step S4200, the autobot detection system can determine the client terminal as an autobot (S4600).

The method of detecting an autobot according to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

Claims (5)

A method for detecting an autobot in an autobot detection system including a client terminal and an autobot detection server,
Providing control information associated with a state change of the user interface to a user interface of the client terminal;
Receiving response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface; And
And determining, by the autobot, the client terminal if the response information is not received within a predetermined time,
Wherein the user interface comprises a display device,
Wherein the providing of the control information comprises:
And generating the control information based on status information of the display device.
A method for detecting an autobot in an autobot detection system including a client terminal and an autobot detection server,
Providing control information associated with a state change of the user interface to a user interface of the client terminal;
Receiving response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface; And
And determining, by the autobot, the client terminal if the response information is not received within a predetermined time,
Wherein the user interface comprises a display device,
Wherein the providing of the control information comprises:
Searching the display device connected to the client terminal; And
Providing the control information when the display device is searched, and determining the client terminal as an autobot if the display device is not searched.
A method for detecting an autobot in an autobot detection system including a client terminal and an autobot detection server,
Providing control information associated with a state change of the user interface to a user interface of the client terminal;
Receiving response information corresponding to the control information from the user interface;
Determining, by the autobot, the client terminal if the response information is not received within a predetermined time; And
And transmitting identification information of the client terminal to the autobot detection server,
The control information includes:
And a power save setting event or a power off event for the user interface. delete delete

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