Website Verification Platform Using Unique Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for verifying website ownership are inefficient, inaccurate, and insecure, often relying on lookup of ownership records or provisioning of credentials, which consume computing resources and are susceptible to theft by malicious actors.
Innovation Solution
A website verification platform generates and verifies a unique verification indicator, which is included in the website's code to securely authenticate ownership, reducing the need for credentials and improving security by ensuring only authorized individuals can include the indicator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lookup of ownership records or provisioning of credentials is used to verify website ownership, then verification can be performed, but computing resources are consumed and security is compromised due to susceptibility to theft by malicious actors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the verification indicator from the website code and places it in a secure location controlled by the verification system. Instead of relying on credentials that remain on the website server, the system retrieves the verification indicator directly from a secure storage location, eliminating the need for credential provisioning and reducing theft risk.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a verification indicator as an intermediary element between the website owner and the verification system. This indicator serves as a secure token that proves ownership without requiring the transfer or exposure of sensitive credentials, thereby maintaining verification reliability while eliminating credential theft vulnerabilities.
2Ease of operation
If credentials are provisioned for website access verification, then ownership verification is enabled, but the credentials are susceptible to theft by malicious actors
Solution Approach 1:
The verification indicator is extracted from the website code and stored in a secure location external to the website server. The verification system retrieves this indicator directly, eliminating the need to provision credentials to potentially vulnerable systems and removing the theft vulnerability while maintaining ease of verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification indicator functions as a disposable, single-use token that is retrieved and validated then discarded. Unlike reusable credentials that must be securely managed, the indicator is used once for verification and then becomes obsolete, eliminating long-term security risks while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Reliability
If traditional ownership verification methods are used, then website ownership can be verified, but computing resources are consumed inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The verification indicator is automatically embedded in the website code by the verification system during the website creation or update process. This self-service approach eliminates the need for separate verification operations that would consume additional computing resources, as the indicator is already prepared and stored securely when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification indicator is generated and stored in a secure location in advance, before verification is needed. This preliminary action eliminates the need for resource-intensive real-time verification operations, as the system simply retrieves the pre-prepared indicator when verification is required, significantly reducing computing resource consumption.
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AI summary
A device may provide a verification indicator to a device associated with a website. The verification indicator may be associated with verifying access to the website. The device may detect that the verification indicator has been associated with code associated with the website based on processing the code. The device may provide a script to the device. The script may be included in the code. The script may be associated with monitoring operations of the website. The device may receive data related to the operations. The device may analyze the data using a model. The model may be associated with making a prediction related to at least one of: a value to be received via the website, or traffic associated with the website. The device may perform one or more actions related to the website based on a result of the analyzing.