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Methods systems and computer program products for providing secure client profile completion by network intermediaries

US6978373B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2000
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided which provide profile information associated with a client to a server by generating, at the client, a profile document containing profile information associated with the client and incorporating in the profile document a designator which indicates that profile information identified by the designator is not provided by the client and is provided by a network intermediary in a path between the client and the server. The designator in the profile document is encrypted utilizing a key associated with the client and the profile document with the encrypted designator transmitted from the client to the server utilizing the path. Method, systems and computer program products corresponding to the network intermediaries are also provided.

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