ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,173, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Media fraud detection system" was invented by Sudheer Babu Tubati (Seattle), Amit Goyal (San Francisco) and Rohan Gurappagouda Patil (Mill Creek, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are disclosed for detecting fraudulent activity by users of a media service, such as a music or video streaming service. Fraudulent activity may artificially modify metrics tracked by the media service, thus impacting chart positions, media recommendations, royalty amounts, and other elements determined by the media service. Media usage data associated with ...