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DeviceAtlas for Bot Detection

Expose bot traffic with rich device intelligence

Over 50% of web traffic comes from non-human sources like self-declared and non-declared bots. They range from legitimate search engine bots to malicious automated programs, often controlled by hackers, fraudsters, or competitors. This traffic can be difficult to track because leading analytics solutions don’t report it.

DeviceAtlas Ltd has deep visibility on traffic behavior as it collects extensive bot information through its global customer network which comprises trillions of requests per annum. It can detect both harmless and harmful bots by analyzing user agent HTTP headers, browser characteristics, and network behavior in real time. This visibility helps reduce revenue loss, prevent fraud, and improve web performance.

Empower your business by tracking bot traffic

DeviceAtlas Ltd's powerful solutions, DeviceAtlas and DeviceAssure, identify bots that traditional methods miss. Recognizing bots can help multiple businesses gain a deeper understanding of web traffic and protect themselves from online fraud.

Cyberattack and fraud prevention

DeviceAssure helps flag unusual or high-risk device behavior (altered IMEIs, spoofed identifiers, tampered devices) used to bypass authentication systems. Having the ability to stop bots before they can perform malicious activities like credential stuffing or synthetic identity fraud protects customer data and brand reputation.

Content, IP and user data protection

Data harvesting and bot-driven exploitation of form-based workflows can be prevented by differentiating between legitimate devices and non-human agents. Safeguard data integrity by filtering out automated bots that scrape valuable data.

Fake or tampered device detection

With DeviceAssure, businesses can verify the authenticity of devices in real time at key user points, e.g registration, sign in, payment, and resource download. Detecting cloned IMEIs, emulators, rooted devices, and software-modified phones helps reject counterfeit and altered devices before they're listed, sold, or resold.

Improved user experience

Webpages can be improved by minimizing the impact of bots on website performance. By filtering out invalid traffic and reducing server loads, customers get a much faster web experience. Removing non-human traffic from reporting also enables more accurate and effective marketing to customers.

Filtered invalid traffic

Screening traffic can validate impressions and conversions that come from genuine devices—not spoofed or virtualized environments. This leads to more profitable engagement and improved ad fraud detection. Monitoring bot traffic that inflates impressions and clicks, improves accurate performance metrics and advertiser trust.

Reduced infrastructure costs

Businesses can lower IT costs by detecting and identifying bot traffic on their sites. Often, up to 20-30% of infrastructure and bandwidth costs can be attributed to bot traffic. Handling this traffic efficiently can deliver immediate and measurable ROI.

Uncover bots with DeviceAtlas Ltd's solutions

DeviceAtlas

Identifies self-declared bots in HTTP headers and returns their names. This includes:

DeviceAssure

Identifies both self-declared and non- declared bots. This includes everything DeviceAtlas identifies and:

Search engine crawlers
SEO or analytics bots
Social media checkers
Basic automation tools
Monitoring bots
Scrapers that show their identity
Emulators and simulators
Headless browsers
Scripted traffic
Automation software
Fraud/scraping bots
Proxy-masked devices
User-Agent switcher detection Lady in panel

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DeviceAtlas Patents & IP

DeviceAtlas’ Patent Portfolio

DeviceAtlas has led the way in device detection and intelligence since 2008 and holds multiple patents for both. It defined the Device Description Repository (DDR) concept with the W3C, and co-authored several W3C documents on device detection APIs and Mobile Web Best Practices. DeviceAtlas enables major companies around the world to build device-aware products and services based on its industry-leading technology.

Patent Portfolio

Patent number Title Grant date Priority date Jurisdiction
EP3679699B1 Preventing counterfeit communication devices from accessing resources 29/11/2023 5/9/2017 EU
US20190026469A1 Counterfeit electronic device detection 8/2/2022 3/3/2017 USA
US11178149B2 Preventing counterfeit communication devices from accessing resources 16/11/2021 5/9/2017 USA
US20170017499A1 Server-based generation of user interfaces for delivery to mobile communication devices 7/7/2020 2/5/2016 USA
US9654596B2 Providing mobile versions of web resources 17/10/2018 14/4/2010 USA
EP3264728B1 Determining a property of a communication device 7/7/2018 12/2/2008 EU
EP2558961A1 Providing mobile versions of web resources 16/5/2017 14/4/2011 EU
US9043289B2 Estimation of errors in attribute values of aggregated databases 26/5/2015 18/2/2010 USA
US9141724B2 Transcoder hinting 22/9/2015 19/4/2010 USA

How DeviceAtlas patents help you

Ultra-fast device detection

DeviceAtlas’ patented algorithm allows for extremely high speeds afforded by a PATRICIA Trie, with the flexibility to accommodate the reality that you cannot have prior knowledge of all devices on the market. Read more

Stable, robust APIs

Customers using DeviceAtlas can rest assured that its API is highly extensible and will never interfere with existing deployments. Read more

Highly-optimized data file footprint

DeviceAtlas’ API can operate in as little as 15MB of RAM with its data loaded. Even with this minute footprint, sub-microsecond lookups are achievable on modest hardware. Read more

Exceptional accuracy

Accuracy is central to DeviceAtlas IP. Its algorithms maximize accuracy by quantifying data points from multiple sources. Its aggregated database has wide coverage of different territories. Read more

Globally deployed and trusted


DeviceAtlas believes in the merits of the patent system to protect investment and innovation. Its IP portfolio covers both the US and Europe, making DeviceAtlas the de facto standard for device intelligence.


DeviceAtlas has been built on the design of efficient algorithms, relentlessly honed over time for high performance. This is why DeviceAtlas delivers the fastest lookups while preserving a small memory footprint and data file. DeviceAtlas delivers exceptional speed, accuracy and efficiency—no compromises.


Whether you are running an advertising platform with sub-millisecond device identification requirements, a high-traffic website, or an analytics platform processing trillions of log files, DeviceAtlas technology provides the fastest, most accurate device intelligence.

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