METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VERIFICATION INFORMATION INDICATORS ON A NON-SECURE WEBSITE
First Claim
1. A method of providing security assurance on a non-secure site comprisingdetermining the URL of a non-secure site;
- requesting a secure connection to the domain associated with the URL;
determining if at least one digital certificate exists that is associated with the domain; and
displaying at least one information indicator in response to the determination the existence
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Abstract
A method and system of displaying information indicators that help provide security assurances to consumers. The method works by having a plug-in or browser extension that determines the URL of a browsed to website. The browser then initiates a secure connection to the domain associated with the URL of a browsed-to website. The plug-in can then show an indicator based on whether or not a digital certificate exists. If desired, the plug-in can perform further checks to ensure the validity and authenticity of the certificate. The information indicators can be static, pre-selected by the program, or selected by the end user.
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1. A method of providing security assurance on a non-secure site comprising
determining the URL of a non-secure site; -
requesting a secure connection to the domain associated with the URL; determining if at least one digital certificate exists that is associated with the domain; and displaying at least one information indicator in response to the determination the existence - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing security assurance on a non-secure site comprising
determining the URL of a browsed to website; -
initiating a secure connection to the domain associated with the URL of a browsed-to website; downloading at least one digital certificate associated with the domain; and displaying at least one information indicator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of providing security assurance on a non-secure site comprising
determining the URL of a browsed to website; -
initiating a secure connection to the domain associated with the URL of a browsed-to website; downloading at least one digital certificate associated with the domain; validating the downloaded at least one digital certificate, and displaying at least one information indicator based on the results of the validation. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for indicating the security of a website comprising
a URL at least one digital certificate means for determining the validity of the digital certificate at least one information indicator means for displaying security indicators
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