Provisions for validating content using a content registration authority
First Claim
1. A method for registering at a content registration authority content published by a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, the method comprising:
- accessing a content identifier representing the content;
determining whether the content is from a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority;
registering that the content is trustworthy content at the content registration authority by storing the content identifier in a registration data store associated with the content registration authority; and
receiving a query from a client device and confirming that the registration data store includes a client identifier corresponding to the content identifier of the content, such that the client device can automatically consume the trustworthy content in a secure fashion without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve of the trustworthy content or the content publisher.
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Abstract
Strategies are described for validating content transferred over a communication channel using a more effective approach than heretofore provided in the art. A content registration authority is provided which registers the content disseminated by one or more content providers to one or more client devices. A client device which receives content that has been registered can securely consume the content, based on an assumption that a content provider which furnishes the content is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without prompting a user of the client device to expressly approve the content provider. In a first solution, the content registration authority registers the content by issuing a certification stamp; in a second solution, the content registration authority registers the content by storing registration information in a central repository. The content may contain instructions which perform operations in the context of an instant messenger application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for registering at a content registration authority content published by a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, the method comprising:
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accessing a content identifier representing the content; determining whether the content is from a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority; registering that the content is trustworthy content at the content registration authority by storing the content identifier in a registration data store associated with the content registration authority; and receiving a query from a client device and confirming that the registration data store includes a client identifier corresponding to the content identifier of the content, such that the client device can automatically consume the trustworthy content in a secure fashion without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve of the trustworthy content or the content publisher. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for registering content at a content registration authority, the content being published by a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, the method comprising:
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accessing a content identifier representing the content; based upon the content identifier, determining whether the content is from a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority; in response to determining that the content is from content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, ensuring that the content is trustworthy; in response to the ensuring, registering that the content is trustworthy at the content registration authority by storing the content identifier in a registration data store associated with the content registration authority, wherein the trustworthy content is configured for use in an instant messaging application; and receiving a query from a client device and confirming that the registration data store includes a client identifier corresponding to the content identifier of the content, such that the client device can automatically consume the trustworthy content in a secure fashion without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve of the trustworthy content or the content publisher. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more computers, direct the one or more computers to perform a method for registering content at a content registration authority, the content being published by a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, the method comprising:
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accessing a content identifier representing the content; based upon the content identifier, determining whether the content is from a content publisher trusted by the content registration authority; in response to determining that the content is from content publisher trusted by the content registration authority, confirming that the content is trustworthy; in response to the confirming, registering that the content is trustworthy at the content registration authority by storing the content identifier in a registration data store associated with the content registration authority, wherein the content is configured for use in an instant messaging application; and receiving a query from a client device and confirming that the registration data store includes a client identifier corresponding to the content identifier of the content, such that the client device can automatically consume the trustworthy content in a secure fashion without prompting a user of the client device to explicitly approve of the trustworthy content or the content publisher.
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