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Reputation-based safe access user experience

  • US 9,336,379 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2010
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by one or more computing devices comprising:

  • receiving a request to access a desired resource;

    accessing a reputation lookup database that includes a reputation record for at least the desired resource;

    determining that a reputation of the desired resource is known to be suspicious, based at least in part on the reputation record for the desired resource;

    determining whether to block the desired resource;

    providing a user interface at a computing device, wherein content displayed via the user interface is dependent upon the reputation of the desired resource, the determination of whether to block the desired resource, and meta-information associated with a user of the computing device;

    presenting an option for selecting access to the desired resource in response to determining that the desired resource has a suspicious reputation, the option comprising informational text having a predetermined text size and a predetermined text color;

    in response to determining that the desired resource is to be blocked, prompting additional user actions before access to the desired resource is allowed;

    determining user behavior data associated with the additional user actions, the user behavior data identifying a number of selections received via the user interface to access a single instance of the desired resource;

    in response to determining that the additional user actions have been performed, providing access to the desired resource via the user interface; and

    altering the predetermined text size or the predetermined text color based at least in part on the user behavior data.

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