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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Jonathan B. Rosenberg, Auburndale, MA (US);
John Harrison, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Remy, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Neal L. Creighton, Needham, MA (US);
Jonathan B. Rosenberg, Auburndale, MA (US);
John Harrison, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Remy, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Neal L. Creighton, Needham, MA (US);
GeoTrust, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for providing a user with confirmation of the origin of a Web site and related information including the steps of registering a Web site with an assuring third party, saving the registration on a registration server, entering in a database the Web site's Internet domain name and cross-referencing it to the registration data, retrieving the Web site's domain with an Internet browser, and either (1) using a client application tool to call for registration data for the domain name via a secure SSL connection with the registration server, determining if the domain has been registered, and returning and displaying registration data for the domain name as a confirmed identity, or (2) calling a program on the registration server in response to an HTML tag on the domain via a secure SSL connection and passing it the domain name, determining if the domain has been registered, determining if the domain name has been registered, and returning and displaying registration data for the domain name as a confirmed identity.