Disposable Browsers and Authentication Techniques for a Secure Online User Environment
First Claim
1. A secure system for enabling access to web content using disposable browsers, the secure system comprising:
- a memory comprising computer instructions; and
an application server comprising a hardware processor associated with a computing device, wherein the hardware processor is operable to;
establish a secure environment for operating a disposable browser session;
initiate the disposable browser session within the secure environment, wherein a disposable browser associated with the disposable browser session is displayable on a client device executing a thin client process and located externally to the secure system;
configure the disposable browser session with session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session;
receive first data from the client device, the first data being associated with a web content request initiated on the disposable browser displayed on the client device;
communicate with a remote server associated with the web content request;
execute a web command associated with the web content request;
transmit, to the client device, second data associated with the web command or the web content request, wherein the second data comprises image data;
receive, from the client device, a user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device;
transmit, to the remote server, third data associated with the user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; and
dispose, at an end of the disposable browser session, the session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session,wherein identification information associated with the client device is not transmitted directly from the client device to the remote server.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow for secure access to websites and web-based applications and other resources available through the browser. Also described are systems and methods for secure use and retention of user credentials, as well as methods for dynamic authentication of users and integrity checking of service providers in online environments. Thus, described in the present specification are systems and methods for constructing and destroying private, secure, browsing environments (a secure disposable browser), insulating the user from the threats associated with being online for the purposes of providing secure, policy-based interaction with online services.
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20 Claims
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1. A secure system for enabling access to web content using disposable browsers, the secure system comprising:
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a memory comprising computer instructions; and an application server comprising a hardware processor associated with a computing device, wherein the hardware processor is operable to; establish a secure environment for operating a disposable browser session; initiate the disposable browser session within the secure environment, wherein a disposable browser associated with the disposable browser session is displayable on a client device executing a thin client process and located externally to the secure system; configure the disposable browser session with session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session; receive first data from the client device, the first data being associated with a web content request initiated on the disposable browser displayed on the client device; communicate with a remote server associated with the web content request; execute a web command associated with the web content request; transmit, to the client device, second data associated with the web command or the web content request, wherein the second data comprises image data; receive, from the client device, a user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; transmit, to the remote server, third data associated with the user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; and dispose, at an end of the disposable browser session, the session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session, wherein identification information associated with the client device is not transmitted directly from the client device to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for enabling access to web content using disposable browsers, the method comprising:
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establishing, using one or more computing device processors, a secure environment for operating a disposable browser session; initiating, using the one or more computing device processors, the disposable browser session within the secure environment, wherein a disposable browser associated with the disposable browser session is displayable on a client device executing a thin client process and located externally to the secure system; configuring, using the one or more computing device processors, the disposable browser session with session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session; receiving, using the one or more computing device processors, first data from the client device, the first data being associated with a web content request initiated on the disposable browser; communicating, using the one or more computing device processors, with a remote server associated with the web content request; executing, using the one or more computing device processors, a web command associated with the web content request; transmitting, to the client device, second data associated with the web command or the web content request, wherein the second data comprises image data; receiving, from the client device, a user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; transmitting, to the remote server, third data associated with the user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; and disposing, using the one or more computing device processors, at an end of the disposable browser session, the session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session, wherein identification information associated with the client device or a user of the client device is not transmitted directly from the client device to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A secure system for enabling access to web content using disposable browsers, the secure system comprising:
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means for establishing a secure environment for operating a disposable browser session; means for initiating the disposable browser session within the secure environment, wherein a disposable browser associated with the disposable browser session is displayable on a client device located externally to the secure system; means for configuring the disposable browser session with session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session; means for receiving first data from the client device, the first data being associated with a web content request initiated on the disposable browser displayed on the client device; means for communicating with a remote server associated with the web content request; means for executing a web command associated with the web content request; means for transmitting, to the client device, second data associated with the web command or the web content request, wherein the second data comprises image data; means for receiving, from the client device, a user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; means for transmitting, to the remote server, third data associated with the user interaction with the image data displayed on the client device; and means for disposing, at an end of the disposable browser session, the session-specific data associated with the disposable browser session, wherein identification information associated with the client device is not transmitted directly from the client device to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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