Browser Web Page Configuration Using Certificate Chain Hashes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in efficiently customizing client software behavior due to the time-consuming and costly nature of modifying software code for each client, particularly in environments requiring specific data handling and feature restrictions.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing a certificate chain of trust to customize web page configurations by hashing digital certificates and mapping them to deployment configurations, allowing browsers to dynamically apply settings based on certificate hierarchies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If software code is modified for each client to meet specific requirements, then client-specific customization is achieved, but time consumption and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses certificate chain copying to identify clients and retrieve pre-configured deployment settings. Instead of modifying software code for each client, the system copies the certificate chain information to look up corresponding configuration parameters from a database, achieving customization without code modification time investment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a database as an intermediary between the software client and deployment configurations. The database stores mapping relationships between certificate chain hashes and deployment settings, allowing the system to retrieve appropriate configurations without directly modifying client software code
2Adaptability or versatility
If software code is modified for each client to meet specific requirements, then client-specific customization is achieved, but development cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system copies certificate chain information to identify clients and retrieves pre-configured deployment settings from a database. This eliminates the need for expensive custom software development for each client, as configurations are reused and copied rather than built from scratch
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal deployment configuration system that serves multiple clients simultaneously. A single database structure and configuration framework can be applied across all clients, making the system cost-effective for serving numerous clients with different requirements
3Adaptability or versatility
If customers are given the choice to send analytic and operational data reports, then data privacy control is improved, but the quantity of data received decreases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by configuring different data transmission behaviors for different clients based on their certificate chains. Each client receives customized settings that balance their privacy requirements with data collection needs, allowing fine-grained control over which data is sent and where it goes
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are described for configuring a web page using chain of trust. In an example, a web browser can receive a certificate hierarchy from a web server in response to a request for a web page. The web browser can apply a hash algorithm to one or more digital security certificates in the certificate hierarchy. The web browser can send the hash values to a deployment database that stores mappings of known hash values to website configuration settings. The deployment database can respond with the corresponding configuration settings. The web browser can merge the configuration settings and apply them to the web page prior to rendering the web page on a display.