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Browser protection module

US8239939B2 · kind B2 · utility

32Cited by
21References
16Claims
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Filing dateJun 27, 2006
Grant dateAug 7, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

An exemplary computer-implementable method (300) transforms information to reduce or eliminate risk of exploitation of a software service and includes receiving information (304) in response to a request, transforming the information (308) to produce transformed information and sending the transformed information (312). An exemplary firewall server (112) includes server software (144, 148) that allows the firewall server (112) to receive information from a resource (104, 108) via a network and to send information to a client computer (114) and a browser protection component (264, 268) for transforming the information to prevent exploitation of a vulnerability of browser software (154) on the client computer (114). Various other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.

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