Method for secure communication over a public data network via a terminal that is accessible to multiple users
First Claim
1. A method of communicating over a public data network, the method comprising,transmitting to a remote server on the network a request for web browsing software stored on the remote server to be downloaded to a terminal connected to the network;
- receiving the web browsing software at the terminal; and
using the web browsing software which has been downloaded to the terminal to communicate from the terminal over the public data network;
wherein, at least one of the following is true;
the web browsing software is configured such that user input data, which is input to the web browsing software by a user of the terminal, is transmitted into the network without storing a record of said input data at the terminal; and
data which are received from the network at the terminal by the web browsing software, at the request of the user, are presented to the user without storing a record of the data at the terminal.
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Abstract
There is described a method of communicating over a public data network, for example the Internet. A user of a public PC, for example one located in an Internet café, uses the Internet browser provided on the public PC to downloaded from a remote trusted web site a secure Internet browser that then runs within the browser provided on the public PC. The user uses the secure Internet browser to browse the Internet. The secure browser has been configured so that no copy of information transmitted into the network or downloaded from the network is cached or otherwise recorded on the hard disc of the terminal. The user may thus browse the Internet without leaving a record of sensitive information (e.g. credit card details) used in the browsing session at the public terminal.
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1. A method of communicating over a public data network, the method comprising,
transmitting to a remote server on the network a request for web browsing software stored on the remote server to be downloaded to a terminal connected to the network; -
receiving the web browsing software at the terminal; and using the web browsing software which has been downloaded to the terminal to communicate from the terminal over the public data network;
wherein, at least one of the following is true;the web browsing software is configured such that user input data, which is input to the web browsing software by a user of the terminal, is transmitted into the network without storing a record of said input data at the terminal; and data which are received from the network at the terminal by the web browsing software, at the request of the user, are presented to the user without storing a record of the data at the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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