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Displaying a security element to help detect spoofing

  • US 8,225,403 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2005
  • Issued: 07/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing information a user to help prevent spoofing, comprising:

  • displaying content in a small screen;

    wherein the content that is displayed within the small screen is associated with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that identifies a source of the content;

    determining a domain name that comprises a subdomain followed by a second-level domain followed by a top-level domain that is associated with the content directly from text of the URL that identifies the source of the content;

    determining how much of the domain name fits within a predetermined space of a security element that is a visual element that identifies the source of the content by displaying at least a portion of the domain name;

    automatically shortening the domain name to fit within the predetermined space that prioritizes including characters of the second-level and top-level domains of the domain name within the predetermined space over the subdomain such that characters in the subdomain are removed in the shortening before removing characters from the second-level and top-level domains and wherein characters within the second-level domain are removed in the shortening before removing characters from the top-level domain;

    creating the security element that includes a display of the shortened domain name such that the shortened domain name shows the source of the content; and

    displaying the security element including the shortened domain name within the small screen.

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