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Consumer-driven secure sockets layer modulator

  • US 9,438,570 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2007
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A client computer based method for executing a secure electronic transaction over a communications network, the method comprising:

  • querying, by at least one data processor, an exclusion list with a domain name associated with a transaction site to determine if a security of the transaction site needs verification, the exclusion list comprising one or more domains that do not require a secure channel for communication;

    when the transaction site is not on the exclusion list and the electronic transaction does not include information sent from the client computer, the electronic transaction being encrypted with a public key, initiating, by at least one data processor, the verification by querying an allowed list with the domain name to determine if the transaction site is allowed to continue the electronic transaction; and

    when the domain name of the transaction site is not on the allowed list, by at least one data processor;

    generating a first notification for a user indicating that the electronic transaction is being conducted with an unsanctioned transaction site,receiving input from the user based on the first notification, andceasing the electronic transaction, andadding the domain name associated with the transaction site to the exclusion list, the exclusion list being specific to the user.

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