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Virtual sandboxing for supplemental content

  • US 9,032,066 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2009
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing behavior of supplemental content in an electronic environment, comprising:

  • under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving, at a resource provider, a request from a browser application, executing on a client device, to a content publisher;

    in response to the request, providing to the client device a response including code for a page to be rendered by the browser application, the page including primary content corresponding to the request and an identifier for a rule set corresponding to the page, the rule set including rules defining at least one of allowed activities or prohibited activities for supplemental content displayed or executed on the page, the supplemental content originating from a source other than the content publisher,wherein the identifier is configured to provide access to the rule set, the rule set managed by a source external to the client device, andwherein behavior of the supplemental content loaded for the page is capable of being monitored to ensure that the behavior complies with the rules of the rule set corresponding to the page; and

    performing, by the resource provider, one or more actions with respect to the supplemental content in response to detecting monitored behavior of the supplemental content that violates at least one of the rules in the rule set.

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