Method and apparatus for securely displaying and communicating trusted and untrusted internet content

a secure technology, applied in the field of secure display and communication of trusted and untrusted internet content, can solve the problems of unsatisfactory byproducts, filter programs that may not eliminate all potentially dangerous characters in embedded code, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing untrusted conten

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-21
PAYPAL INC
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The present invention provides a method for separating trusted and untrusted content on a web server system, by storing the content on separate domains and using a cross-frame security feature in the web browser. This prevents the two sets of content from interacting with each other. The invention also allows for the secure communication of information between the two sets of content, by creating and sending URLs containing the information to be passed on. The technical effects of the invention include improved security and efficiency in delivering information to web browsers.

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There is, however, an undesirable byproduct of permitting sellers to describe their items or services using embedded code.
A difficulty with this approach, however, is that a filter program may still fail to eliminate all of the potentially dangerous characters in the embedded code.

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[0023]In the following presentation, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form.

[0024]As stated above, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for securely communication and exchanging trusted and untrusted content between a web server system and a client computer. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example computer 200 within which various functionalities described herein can be fully or partially implemented. Computer 200 can function as a server in a web server system, a personal computer, a mainframe, or various other types of computing devices. It is noted that computer 200 is only one example of computer environment and is not int...

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A method and apparatus for securely displaying and communicating trusted and untrusted internet content via a web browser is described. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is an electronic marketplace system in which auctions related content is displayed in one window of a customer's web browser while item-related content is displayed in a second window of the customer's web browser, such that the auction-related content and the item-related content are substantially prevented from substantially interacting. The invention further provides a method and apparatus for communicating (predetermined information between multiple documents opened in multiple web browser windows, where the documents are served from multiple domains.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to securely displaying and communicating trusted and untrusted internet content via, a web browser. The present invention further relates to communicating predetermined information between a multiple documents opened in multiple web browser windows, where the documents are served from multiple domains.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Electronic marketplaces, such as the person-to-person trading system pioneered by eBay, Inc., have become a well-known way to buy and sell goods and services via the Internet. Typical electronic marketplace systems allow sellers to enter a description of the item or service they wish to offer through an online auction. This item description may be in text or HTML format and is then stored on the electronic marketplace system. When a prospective buyer wishes to view the item (or service) that is being offered, he directs his web browser to download and display the appropriate item listing web page from t...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16
CPCH04L63/168H04L63/104
InventorDAVIS, JEREMY ALANGILBERT, EVANSPICKLER, RANDALL B.
OwnerPAYPAL INC