VISUALIZATION OF TRUST IN AN ADDRESS BAR
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed via the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a browser configured to;
output a webpage in a display portion of the browser responsive to navigation of the browser to the webpage;
display a visual representation of a level of trust established for the webpage via an address bar of the browser, the address bar incorporating a protocol portion to present a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the webpage and a security bar portion to present the visual representation of the level of trust in conjunction with the URL.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for presenting security information about a current site or communications session. Briefly stated, a browsing software is configured to receive a certificate during a negotiation of a secure session between a local device and a remote device. The certificate includes security information about a site maintained at the remote device. The security information is displayed to a user of the browsing software in a meaningful fashion to allow the user to make a trust determination about the site. Displaying the security information may include presenting a certificate summary that includes the most relevant information about the certificate, such as the name of the owner of the site and the name of the certificating authority of the certificate.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed via the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a browser configured to; output a webpage in a display portion of the browser responsive to navigation of the browser to the webpage; display a visual representation of a level of trust established for the webpage via an address bar of the browser, the address bar incorporating a protocol portion to present a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the webpage and a security bar portion to present the visual representation of the level of trust in conjunction with the URL. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17)
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12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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rendering content in a display portion of a browser responsive to navigation of the browser to a uniform resource locator (URL) to obtain the content; and displaying a visual representation of a level of trust established for the content via an address bar of the browser based upon an assertion of trust corresponding the URL, the address bar incorporating a protocol portion to present the URL corresponding to the content and a security bar portion to present the visual representation of the level of trust in conjunction with the URL. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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18. One or more computer readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more devices of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform acts including:
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outputting a webpage in a display portion of a browser responsive to navigation of the browser to the webpage; receiving an assertion of trust corresponding to the webpage responsive to the navigation; establishing a level of trust for the webpage based on the assertion of trust that is received; and displaying a visual representation of the level of trust established for the webpage via an address bar of the browser, the address bar incorporating a protocol portion to present a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the webpage and a security bar portion to present the visual representation of the level of trust in conjunction with the URL, the visual representation including at least coloring the security bar portion of the address bar to indicate the level of trust. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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