Protection mechanism for visual link objects
First Claim
1. In a system including a local system connected through a network to a plurality of remote systems, the local system including a memory for storing data and programs a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data, and a display, a visual link mechanism residing in the local system for identifying addresses of locations in the plurality of remote systems, comprising:
- a visual link library for storing visual links wherein each visual link corresponds to an address of a location in the plurality of remote systems, anda network access mechanism connected to the network fordisplaying the visual links to a user and allowing the user to select a visual link representing a corresponding location in a remote system, andresponsive to the visual link selected by the user, for accessing the location represented by the selected visual link, whereineach visual link includesa graphic icon providing a displayable image representing the corresponding location, andthe address of the corresponding location, anda hash protection mechanism for detecting the unauthorized construction or modification of visual links, includinga file reader for reading an encryption part of a visual link and a stored hash encryption value stored in a storing part of the visual link,a hashing mechanism for generating an encrypted hash value from the data contained in the encryption part of the visual link,a comparator for comparing the generated encrypted hash value and the stored hash value and determining when the generated and stored hash values are equal, whereinthe storing part of the visual link includes data of the visual link separate from the encrypting part of the data of the visual link, andthe data of the storing part of the visual link is characterized in having alternate and semantically equivalent expressions wherein the stored hash encryption value is encoded in the data of the storing part of the visual link using the alternate and semantically equivalent expressions representing the data of the storing part of the visual link to encode the stored on value.
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Abstract
A visual link mechanism residing in a local system for identifying addresses of locations in the plurality of remote systems wherein the local system is connected through a network to the plurality of remote systems. The visual link mechanism includes a visual link library and a network access mechanism responsive to a visual link including a displayable graphic icon for accessing the location represented by a selected graphic icon. Various structures of visual links are described, each being an entity existing independently of the system environment in which it resides, and the network access mechanism includes a layout table for storing a plurality of plans for arranging and displaying a plurality of visual link graphic icons in a display, a visual links organizer, a visual link screen saver, and a hash protection mechanism for detecting the unauthorized construction or modification of visual links or other forms of files. Also described is a visual link capture engine for extracting graphics information from a data file and generating a corresponding graphic icon and a display layout generator for generating display layouts of sets of predetermined numbers of displayable visual objects.
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1. In a system including a local system connected through a network to a plurality of remote systems, the local system including a memory for storing data and programs a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data, and a display, a visual link mechanism residing in the local system for identifying addresses of locations in the plurality of remote systems, comprising:
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a visual link library for storing visual links wherein each visual link corresponds to an address of a location in the plurality of remote systems, and a network access mechanism connected to the network for displaying the visual links to a user and allowing the user to select a visual link representing a corresponding location in a remote system, and responsive to the visual link selected by the user, for accessing the location represented by the selected visual link, wherein each visual link includes a graphic icon providing a displayable image representing the corresponding location, and the address of the corresponding location, and a hash protection mechanism for detecting the unauthorized construction or modification of visual links, including a file reader for reading an encryption part of a visual link and a stored hash encryption value stored in a storing part of the visual link, a hashing mechanism for generating an encrypted hash value from the data contained in the encryption part of the visual link, a comparator for comparing the generated encrypted hash value and the stored hash value and determining when the generated and stored hash values are equal, wherein the storing part of the visual link includes data of the visual link separate from the encrypting part of the data of the visual link, and the data of the storing part of the visual link is characterized in having alternate and semantically equivalent expressions wherein the stored hash encryption value is encoded in the data of the storing part of the visual link using the alternate and semantically equivalent expressions representing the data of the storing part of the visual link to encode the stored on value.
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Current AssigneeQuickbuy, Inc.
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Original AssigneeQuickbut Incorporated
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InventorsMiliefsky, Gary Steven, Knowlton, Kenneth Charles
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Primary Examiner(s)Couso, Jose L.
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Application NumberUS09/301,770Time in Patent Office355 DaysField of Search382/100, 382/232, 395/135, 395/761, 395/788-791, 707/100, 707/104, 707/526-529, 380/3-5, 380/18, 380/23, 380/25, 380/28, 380/46, 380/51, 380/54, 380/55, 380/58, 341/120, 235/494, 345/348, 396/315, 396/316, 283/6, 283/72, 283/77, 283/17, 283/88, 283/89, 283/93, 283/97, 283/113, 283/94, 283/901, 283/902US Class Current382/232CPC Class CodesG06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using cate...
