Patent attributes
Computerized methods enable automatic monitoring of requests to an online service and apply access restrictions, as appropriate, to servicing of requests in real-time or near real-time. For each request received by the online service, a plurality of parameters associated with the request are identified, and counters corresponding to the particular values of the plurality of parameters associated with the request are incremented to track the number of times a parameter value appears or occurs in connection with requests to the online service. A first level check or analysis is performed to determine whether a second level check or analysis is required. The first level check or analysis comprises an initial screening that is not computationally intensive. The second level check or analysis is more resource-intensive and is triggered depending on the outcome of the first level check or analysis.
