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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Dahong Qian, Westford, MA (US);
Matthew Eichner, Brookline, MA (US);
Feiyu Xie, Waltham, MA (US);
James Ward, Nahant, MA (US);
Cheng Zhang, Woburn, MA (US);
Dahong Qian, Westford, MA (US);
Matthew Eichner, Brookline, MA (US);
Feiyu Xie, Waltham, MA (US);
James Ward, Nahant, MA (US);
Cheng Zhang, Woburn, MA (US);
Net2Phone, Inc., Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
A group-browsing system for a plurality of clients each including a shared web browser when browsing non-secure parts of a web site. A server is linked to the shared web browser of each client and is configured to monitor the transmission of the web site URL request from the shared web browser of one client of the group and to direct the request to the shared web browser of other clients in the group. A gatekeeper module is configured to first mask the identity of each client's computer on the shared browser. This prevents the web site from retrieving any client's actual identifier. Second, the gatekeeper is also configured to create a same temporary identifier for each client when any client logs on to the web site so that the same web page is displayed for all the clients in the group. When browsing secure parts of a web site, a non-shared web browser is executed instead of using the shared web browser to avoid sharing sensitive or personal information.