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System and method for appending security information to search engine results

US8015182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateNov 29, 2006
Grant dateSep 6, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2119
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for appending security information to search engine results, including a search engine for locating, in a computer network, web pages that include at least one designated search term, for issuing a security analysis request to a content security scanner to assess at least one designated web page for potential security risks, and for preparing a search results summary that includes links to the located web pages and security assessments for the located web pages, a client computer communicatively coupled with the search engine for issuing a search request with at least one user designated search term, to the search engine, and for receiving the search results summary from the search engine, and a content security scanner communicatively coupled with the search engine for assessing security of content in at least one designated web page. A method and computer-readable storage media are also described and claimed.

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