Adaptive Security Message System for Browser Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Internet and Intranet browser filtering systems and event monitoring systems, such as virus scanning software, provide minimal value to users when a security threat is detected, as they only display a static standard security message without the ability for authorized authors to communicate targeted, educational, or entertaining information, and lack functionality for measuring the effectiveness of such communication.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that interfaces with domain name, URL, and Internet or Intranet page content filtering systems, allowing authorized authors to edit and publish tailored, value-adding hypertext messages in a live environment through a browser interface, and includes a measuring function to assess the effectiveness of the communicated information, which can also be displayed when a computer times out or detects security threats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a static standard security message is displayed when a security threat is detected, then the filtering system provides basic security notification, but the user experience is minimal and no value-adding information is communicated to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that sits between the filtering system and the user interface. This intermediary captures the security event data from the filtering system and enriches it with additional contextual information, educational content, and targeted messages before presenting it to the user. This mediator approach allows the system to provide comprehensive information without requiring the filtering system itself to become more complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the information delivery function from the security filtering function. The filtering system continues to operate independently with its threat detection capabilities, while a separate module handles the enrichment and presentation of information to users. This segmentation allows each component to specialize without increasing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If authorized authors can edit and publish tailored hypertext messages in a live environment, then targeted and value-adding information can be communicated to users, but the system requires additional functionality for content management and measurement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional platform that combines content creation, editing, publishing, and measurement capabilities within a single integrated system. Authorized authors can create and manage content across multiple security event types using the same interface and tools. The system universally handles various content formats and delivery scenarios, reducing the need for separate specialized functions for each capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service capabilities where authorized authors can independently create, edit, and publish their own content without requiring system administrator intervention. The platform includes built-in tools for content management, scheduling, and performance measurement, allowing authors to autonomously manage their communication campaigns while the system automatically handles deployment and tracking.
3Measurement precision
If a measuring function is implemented to assess the effectiveness of communicated information, then the effectiveness of communication can be quantified, but the system requires additional metrics collection and analysis capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms that automatically collect user interactions with communicated messages and feed this data back to the content management system. The system tracks metrics such as message views, engagement time, click-through rates, and user actions, then uses this feedback to optimize future content delivery. This automated feedback loop provides precise measurement without requiring manual analysis processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual measurement and analysis processes with automated electronic tracking and data collection mechanisms. Instead of requiring human reviewers to assess communication effectiveness, the system automatically instruments the user interface to capture interaction data, stores it in databases, and generates analytical reports through computational processes, significantly reducing the complexity of measurement functionality.
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AI summary
According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for continuously interfacing with a plurality of computer based event monitoring systems such as Internet and Intranet filtering systems and or virus scanning software to determine whether these systems have detected a non-threatening and or security threatening event that corresponds with an event pre-determined and recorded within the events list which contains a plurality of non-threatening and security threatening events that may occur within a computer which in turn triggers a classified, targeted and value-adding hypertext message or information to be instantly displayed to the computer user through a browser or user interface instead of an event monitoring system default hypertext security message, and preferably an editing function shall be provided that enables the login of authorized authors including computer administrator/s to edit and publish targeted and value-adding hypertext messages and information, and preferably a measuring function shall be provided that enables the login of authorized authors including computer administrator/s to define and set up a plurality of metrics that may enable them to measure the effectiveness of the displayed targeted and value-adding hypertext messages and information in terms of being useful, entertaining, educational, interesting or instructional to a computer user through an alternate browser or user interface at the unique point in time when their computer has detected an event.