Secure browsing via a transparent network proxy

US10200403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Paul Giura · Cohoes, US
• Jeffrey E. Bickford · Somerville, US
• Donald E. Hendrix · Mill Creek, US
• Howard F. Shirokmann · Point Pleasant, US
• Thomas Anschutz · Conyers, US
• Ching-Chih Shih · Taoyuan, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2009/45595
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for providing secure browsing via a transparent network proxy is disclosed. The system may receive, from a client, a request to access a resource. The request may include an identifier that may be utilized to locate the resource. Once the request is received, the system may determine if the resource is not trusted, such as if the identifier is determined to be unknown or suspicious. If the resource is determined to not be trusted by the system, the system may forward the request to a virtual machine manager that may select a browser virtual machine from a pool of browser virtual machines. After the browser virtual machine is selected, the browser virtual machine may stream a rendering of the resource to the client based on the request. The rendering of the resource may be provided in lieu of the actual resource.