Secure Notification Message Presentation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying notification messages in web browsers are ineffective in distinguishing between benign and malicious messages, leading to low click rates and potential security risks, as well as indiscriminate blocking of useful information.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for secure notification message presentation that determines the risk level of notification messages based on their content, using a combination of white lists, black lists, and unknown messages databases, to decide whether to display, block, or display securely the messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all pop-up messages are blocked to prevent security risks, then user safety is improved, but useful information is lost and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the treatment of notification messages based on their specific characteristics. Instead of uniformly blocking all pop-up messages, the system analyzes each message's content, source, and type to apply appropriate handling (display, block, or secure display). This selective approach allows useful information to pass through while blocking only malicious messages, thus resolving the contradiction between user safety and information loss.
2Ease of operation
If pop-up messages are displayed to maintain information flow, then user convenience is improved, but exposure to malicious content increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by analyzing and evaluating notification messages before they are displayed to users. The system performs content analysis, source verification, and risk assessment in advance, determining the safety level of each message. This pre-screening process allows safe messages to be displayed conveniently while preventing malicious content from reaching users, thus resolving the contradiction between user convenience and exposure to harmful factors.
3Loss of information
If notification messages are displayed to maintain information flow, then information completeness is improved, but security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism between notification messages and users. This intermediary system performs content analysis, source verification, and risk assessment to filter and evaluate messages. By inserting this intermediary layer, the system maintains information completeness by allowing legitimate messages through while blocking malicious content, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and security risks.
4Reliability
If risk-based filtering is implemented to block malicious messages, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the notification message handling process into distinct functional modules: content analysis, source verification, risk assessment, and decision-making. Each module performs a specific function in the security evaluation chain. This modular segmentation makes the complex security system more manageable and maintainable while effectively blocking malicious messages, thus resolving the contradiction between security improvement and system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for secure notification message presentation are disclosed. A device with one or more processors and memory detects a trigger to display a notification message and, in response to detecting the trigger, determines a risk level corresponding to the notification message based on content of the notification message, where the risk level is one of benign, malicious, or unknown. In accordance with a determination that the risk level corresponding to the notification message is benign, the device displays the notification message. In accordance with a determination that the risk level corresponding to the notification message is malicious, the device displays blocking display of the notification message.