Ad Fraud Detection Using Multi-Modal Sensor Interaction Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing advertisement systems are vulnerable to fraud, with online publishers and advertising networks employing fraudulent techniques to generate clicks or increase application installs through non-human means, leading to a loss of advertisers' marketing budgets.

Innovation Solution

A real-time fraud detection system using multi-modal machine learning models that analyze user data and sensor data from media devices to distinguish between human and non-human interactions, employing algorithms like isolation forest, gradient boosting, and long short-term memory networks, and inserting fake advertisements to confirm fraudulent actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multi-modal machine learning models and sensor data analysis are used to detect fraud, then detection accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefraud detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the fraud detection process into multiple independent modules: data collection module (gathering user data, action data, and sensor data from media devices), machine learning analysis module (processing data through algorithms like isolation forest, gradient boosting, and LSTM networks), and fraud determination module (comparing analyzed data against baseline profiles to identify deviations). This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently while working together to achieve high detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a composite approach by integrating multiple types of data (user data, action data, sensor data from accelerometers, gyroscopes, and touch sensors) and multiple machine learning models (isolation forest for anomaly detection, gradient boosting for classification, LSTM networks for temporal patterns) to create a comprehensive fraud detection system that achieves higher accuracy than any single method could provide alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Speed

If real-time analysis of user data and sensor data is performed, then response time to fraudulent actions is improved, but computational resources consumed increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-establishing baseline human behavior profiles that incorporate campaign-level intelligence such as time-based offers, context-based promotions, and co-branding initiatives. These baselines are created in advance using historical data, allowing the system to quickly compare real-time data against established norms without performing complex computations during the actual fraud detection moment, thus reducing real-time computational requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces heavy computational mechanical processing with optimized machine learning algorithms that can efficiently process data streams in real-time. The use of algorithms like isolation forest and gradient boosting, combined with the pre-computed baseline profiles, allows the system to achieve fast response times while minimizing the computational resources required during live fraud detection operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If fake advertisements are inserted to attract fraudulent sources, then confirmation of fraudulent actions is improved, but legitimate user experience may be affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefraud confirmation accuracyVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by inserting fake advertisements (honeypots) only in specific locations and contexts where they are most likely to be targeted by fraudulent bots but least likely to be noticed by legitimate users. The fake ads are strategically placed alongside legitimate advertisements and are designed to match the visual style and context of surrounding content, making them indistinguishable to users while remaining detectable to fraud detection algorithms through their unique identifying features and interaction patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20260004322A1Method and system for detection of advertisement fraud
Publication Date: 2026.01.01 AFFLE 3I LTD
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method is disclosed for detecting advertisement fraud in real-time using a multi-modal analysis framework. The method involves receiving user data and user action data from a media device, including demographic information and sensor-based interaction metrics such as accelerometer, gyroscope, and touch sensor data. These inputs are processed by an advertisement fraud detection system equipped with a processor and hardware-run algorithms, including a multi-modal machine learning model that distinguishes human from non-human interactions. Fraudulent actions are identified by detecting deviations from predefined behavioral baselines enriched with campaign-level intelligence. The system further analyzes historical ad performance to identify downtime periods characterized by low human activity and high fraud probability. During these periods, fake advertisements are adaptively inserted based on contextual mismatches to confirm fraudulent behavior. Upon detection, notifications are dispatched to advertisers via multiple communication mediums.