PERSONALIZED WEBSITE THEME

• US 20130132857A1
• Filed: 10/04/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Shapiro, William
• Granted Patent: US 9,659,180 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1483 service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12

Abstract

A personalized website theme for a website is received. The personalized website theme is distinct from a standard theme of the website. Further, a set of data is sent to the computing device. The set of data includes an indicium indicating the personalized website theme so that the computing device displays the website according to the personalized website theme at least prior to a request for identifying data associated with access to an account on the website.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive, from a computing device, a personalized website theme for a website, the personalized website theme being distinct from a standard theme of the website; and

send a set of data to the computing device, the set of data including an indicium indicating the personalized website theme so that the computing device displays the website according to the personalized website theme at least prior to a request for identifying data associated with access to an account on the website.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the identifying data is a username.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the identifying data is a user password.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to provide a plurality of themes to the computing device from which the personalized website theme is selected.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the set of code is a cookie.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the personalized website theme includes foreground imagery.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the personalized website theme includes background imagery.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, from a computing device, an indicium of a personalized website theme for a website, the personalized website theme being distinct from a standard theme of the website; and

sending personalized website theme data to the computing device so that the computing device utilizes a set of data to display the website according to the personalized website theme associated with the indicium at least prior to a request for identifying data associated with access to an account on the website.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

11. A system comprising:

a server that composes a set of data; and

a transmission module that sends, from the server, the set of data to a computing device such that the computing device utilizes the set of data to generate a personalized theme and displays a website according to the personalized website theme at least prior to a request for identifying data associated with access to an account on the website.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the set of code is a cookie.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

establish, at a client, communication with a webserver;

provide, from the client to the webserver, an indication that a personalized website theme for a website hosted by the webserver has been selected;

locate, with a set of data, the personalized website theme; and

display, at the client, the website according to the personalized website theme.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the set of code is a cookie.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the set of data is stored at the client.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the set of data is stored at the webserver.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer is further caused to replace imagery of the webpage with the personalized website theme.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the personalized website theme includes foreground imagery.

21. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the client is a computing device.

22. A method comprising:

sending, from a client to a webserver, a request for a webpage of a website from the webserver;

locating, with the client, a personalized website theme by utilizing a set of data; and

displaying, at the client, the website according to the personalized website theme.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the set of code is a cookie.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the set of data is stored at the client.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the set of data is stored at the webserver.

27. A system comprising:

a webserver that receives, from a client, a request for a webpage of a website from the webserver;

a processor that generates, at the webserver, a set of data; and

a transmission module that sends, from the webserver to the client, the set of data so that the client locates a personalized website theme by utilizing the set of data and displays the website according to the personalized website theme.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the set of data is a set of code.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the set of code is a cookie.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the set of data is stored at the client.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the set of data is stored at the webserver.