Provisions for validating content using a content registration authority
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating the validation of content over a network, comprising:
- registering content provided by a content provider at a content registration authority, based on a content identifier forwarded by a content provider, wherein the registration of the content allows a client device which receives the content from the content provider to securely consume the content, based on an assumption that the content provider is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve the content itself or the content provider.
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Abstract
Strategies are described for validating content transferred over a communication channel using a more effective approach than heretofore provided in the art. A content registration authority is provided which registers the content disseminated by one or more content providers to one or more client devices. A client device which receives content that has been registered can securely consume the content, based on an assumption that a content provider which furnishes the content is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without prompting a user of the client device to expressly approve the content provider. In a first solution, the content registration authority registers the content by issuing a certification stamp; in a second solution, the content registration authority registers the content by storing registration information in a central repository. The content may contain instructions which perform operations in the context of an instant messenger application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating the validation of content over a network, comprising:
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registering content provided by a content provider at a content registration authority, based on a content identifier forwarded by a content provider, wherein the registration of the content allows a client device which receives the content from the content provider to securely consume the content, based on an assumption that the content provider is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve the content itself or the content provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for facilitating the validation of content over a network, comprising:
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at least one content provider for disseminating content to at least one client device;
a content registration authority for registering content provided by said at least one content provider, wherein the registration of the content allows said at least one client device which receives the content from said at least one content provider to securely consume the content, based on an assumption that said at least one content provider is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without requiring the user to explicitly approve of the content itself or said at least one content provider.
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20. A client device for validating content received over a network, comprising:
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security functionality configured to;
receive content from at least one content provider; and
validate said content by;
determining whether signature information transmitted with the content matches separately computed signature information;
determining whether the content has not yet been revoked; and
determining whether the content has been registered by a content registration authority, wherein the validation of the content does not require a user of the client device to expressly approve of the content itself or said at least one content provider.
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