METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALLOCATING AND INDICATING TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SECURE COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A device configured to present messages from a messaging system, said system comprising:
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a processor configured by executable instructions to receive a message having content that has been digitally signed, present the message via a user interface element under the control of a first source, determine a set of attestations about the message, and present information about the set of attestations in proximity to the first user interface element via a second user interface element under the control of a second source.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention enable allocating and indicating the trustworthiness of a message, especially messages that comprise content that has been digitally signed. In some embodiments, a provider of assurance services and assurance software provides trust attestations related to messages and may manipulate the user interface used to view these messages. The trust attestations may be computed by various methods. The trust attestations may then be presented when the message is displayed to the user using the assurance software. For example, the trust attestations may be displayed as user interface elements in a designated portion of the chrome of a messaging service, such as a webmail service. In one embodiment, the assurance software can run on the webmail service and the trust attestations in the chrome are served up via techniques for delivery of client-server presentation data. In another embodiment, the assurance software is implemented as software that runs on the client and may perform some computations on the client in order to manipulate the messaging service'"'"'s chrome. In yet another embodiment, the assurance software may run as an extension to an e-mail client that runs on a user'"'"'s machine. The assurance software is configured to work with the presenter of the message, but independently of the presenter.
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21 Claims
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1. A device configured to present messages from a messaging system, said system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor configured by executable instructions to receive a message having content that has been digitally signed, present the message via a user interface element under the control of a first source, determine a set of attestations about the message, and present information about the set of attestations in proximity to the first user interface element via a second user interface element under the control of a second source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of indicating attestations about a message, said method comprising:
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receiving a message from a messaging system; presenting the message via a user interface element; identifying at least one attestation about the message; and presenting information in proximity to the message about the identified at least one attestation via another user interface element under the control of an assurance service, wherein the other user interface element indicates a difference in the control by the assurance service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of indicating attestations about a message from a messaging system to be presented to a user, said method comprising:
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identifying when a message is to be presented to the user; determining at least one attestation about the message; presenting the message via a presentation interface that is at least partially under the control of the messaging system; and presenting information in proximity to the message about the at least one attestation via a user interface element that is not under the control of the messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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