Method and system for securing text-entry in a web form over a computer network
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1. A method including the steps of, presenting a web page from a web server to a web client, said web page including a web form containing one or more text-input fields;
- and presenting a graphical keyboard at said web client in association with said web form; and
accepting user-selections from said graphical keyboard via a pointing device and converting said user selections to text characters using a transformation function; and
relaying said text characters to a selected one of said text-input fields in said web form; and
transmitting values of said text-input fields to said web server.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to communications network security and, more particularly, to a method and system for providing secure text entry in web forms.
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24 Claims
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1. A method including the steps of,
presenting a web page from a web server to a web client, said web page including a web form containing one or more text-input fields; - and
presenting a graphical keyboard at said web client in association with said web form; and
accepting user-selections from said graphical keyboard via a pointing device and converting said user selections to text characters using a transformation function; and
relaying said text characters to a selected one of said text-input fields in said web form; and
transmitting values of said text-input fields to said web server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, including:
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A browser mechanism configured to present a web page from a web server to a web client, said web page including a web form with one or more text-input fields;
a graphical keyboard generation mechanism at said browser mechanism, configured to display a graphical keyboard in association with said web form;
a graphical keyboard mechanism configured to accept user selections via a pointing device, and to convert said user selections via a transformation function to text characters, and to automatically relay said text characters to a selected one of said text-input fields in said web form a networking mechanism configured to transmit said web page from said web server to said web client, and to transmit values of said text-input fields from said web client to said web server - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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