Methods and systems of data security in browser storage

• US 8,959,347 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Gupta, Akhilesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Okeke, Izunna
• Application Number:
  US13/433,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• US Class Current: 713/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3213 using tickets or tokens, e.g. Kerberos network architectures or network communication protocols for entities authentication using tickets in a packet data network H04L63/0807

Abstract

Mechanisms and methods are provided for managing OAuth access in a database network system, and extending the OAuth flow of authentication to securely store the OAuth encrypted refresh token in the storage available with current browsers or any other non-secure storage on user system.

Claims

1. A nontransient machine readable medium storing one or more machine instructions, which when invoked cause a processor to implement a method comprising:

at a server that includes at least a processor system having at least one processor and a memory system, receiving a passcode and content, to be used by a service provider server on behalf of the user;

if the passcode is authenticated, wherein authenticating the pass code comprises determining whether the passcode stored with the content and a passcode provided by a user previously match one another, performing the following,

placing, by the server, the content and passcode into an object;

creating, by the server, an encryption key;

encrypting, by the server, the object having the content and the passcode with the encryption key, therein forming an encrypted object; and

sending from the server to the user system the encrypted object and a unique identifier for the private key.

2. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 1, the object including at least a Binary Large Object (BLOB), the method further comprising converting the content and passcode into binary format and placing the passcode and content that were converted into the BLOB.

3. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 1, the object including at least a file.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 3, the encrypting of the content and passcode yielding a result that is saved as plain text in the object.

6. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 1, the method further comprising:

storing the content and passcode that were encrypted in a local database at the server.

7. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 6, the content being a token for refreshing an access to another server.

8. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 6, the method further comprising:

sending the content from the server to another server; and

in response to the sending, receiving a token from the other server.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, the method further comprising:

the encrypting of the passcode including at least applying a one-way hash function to the passcode.

5. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more machine instructions, which when invoked cause a processor to implement a method comprising:

at a server that includes at least a processor system having at least one processor and a memory system, receiving a passcode and content, to be used by a service provider server on behalf of the user;

if the passcode is authenticated, wherein authenticating the pass code comprises determining whether the passcode stored with the content and a passcode provided by a user previously match one another, performing the following,

placing, by the server, the content and passcode into an object;

creating, by the server, an encryption key;

encrypting, by the server, the object having the content and the passcode with the encryption key, therein forming an encrypted object; and

sending from the server to the user system the encrypted object and a unique identifier for the private key;

the encrypting of the passcode including at least applying a one-way hash function to the passcode.

9. A nontransient machine readable medium storing one or more machine instructions, which when invoked cause a processor to implement a method comprising:

receiving, at a server that includes at least a processor system having at least one processor and a memory system, a passcode and encrypted content to be used by a service provider server on behalf of the user and a unique key identifier;

in response to the receiving, performing the following,

querying a local database for the encryption key based on the key identifier;

decrypting the encrypted content with the key;

determining whether the passcode stored previously with the content and the passcode provided by the user match one another; and

returning the decrypted content to the user if the passcode that was stored with the content and the passcode provided by the user match one another;

wherein prior to the receiving of the encrypted passcode and encrypted content and a unique key identifier, receiving at the server, from a user device, the content and the passcode for encryption;

in response,

creating, by the server, a file;

placing, by the server, the passcode and content in the file,

generating, by the server, a unique encryption key and unique identifier of the key,

storing in a storage location of the memory system the unique encryption key in association with a unique identifier,

encrypting, by the server, the file in which the pass code and content were placed with the unique encryption key, therein creating the encrypted passcode and the encrypted content;

sending from the server to the user device the encrypted file and the unique key identifier for storage at the user device.

10. The nontransient machine readable medium of claim 9, the method further comprising creating a log of the receiving, of the encrypted passcode if the passcode decrypted and the passcode provided by the user do not match one another.

12. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more machine instructions, which when invoked cause a processor to implement a method comprising:

at a server that includes at least a processor system having at least one processor and a memory system, receiving a passcode and content, to be used by a service provider server on behalf of the user;

if the passcode is authenticated, wherein authenticating the pass code comprises determining whether the passcode stored with the content and a passcode provided by a user previously match one another, performing the following,

placing, by the server, the content and passcode into an object;

creating, by the server, an encryption key;

encrypting, by the server, the object having the content and the passcode with the encryption key, therein forming an encrypted object; and

sending from the server to the user system the encrypted object and a unique identifier that identifies the private key.