RBI Browser Visual Indicators for User Security Awareness

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional remote browser isolation (RBI) protected browsers do not clearly indicate to users when RBI protected browsing is activated, potentially exposing client devices to harmful browsing activities.

Innovation Solution

A method and non-transitory computer readable medium for displaying RBI protected browsing, which involves initiating RBI protected browsing via an RBI server and displaying an RBI protected browser with a border and a security feature within the border, indicating the RBI protected browsing status to the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If RBI protected browsing is implemented without visible indicators, then device security is protected from harmful browsing activities, but user awareness of the protection status is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice securityVSAvoiduser awareness

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies color changes to visual indicators (border and security feature) to communicate RBI protection status and browsing actions to users. Different colors indicate different security states, allowing users to be aware of protection status without compromising the security mechanism itself.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces visual indicators (border and security feature) as intermediaries between the RBI protection mechanism and the user. These indicators mediate the communication of security status without interfering with the actual security protection or requiring users to check toolbars.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If visual indicators are added to show RBI status, then user awareness is improved, but browser interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser awarenessVSAvoidbrowser interface

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the visual indication system into distinct components: a border element and a security feature element. This segmentation allows the indicators to be implemented in a modular way that adds functionality without overwhelming the interface, and enables different aspects of security status to be communicated through different visual elements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds visual indicators in a new dimension (visual presentation layer) rather than requiring users to navigate through existing interface dimensions like toolbars or menus. The border and security features provide security information in the spatial dimension of the browser window itself, making the information immediately visible without adding navigational complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12210614B2Methods and systems for displaying remote browser isolation (RBI) protected browsing

Publication Date: 2025.01.28 VERSA NETWORKS

AI summary

Embodiments of a method and non-transitory computer readable mediums for displaying remote browser isolation (RBI) protected browsing are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for RBI protected browsing, the method comprising initiating, by a device, RBI protected browsing via an RBI server, and displaying, by the device, an RBI protected browser, a border at least partially around the RBI protected browser, and a security feature within the border, where the border and the security feature indicate the RBI protected browsing to a user.