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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Roderick C. Henderson, Apex, NC (US);
John R. Hind, Raleigh, NC (US);
Belinda Y. Langner, Cary, NC (US);
Yongcheng LI, Cary, NC (US);
Roderick C. Henderson, Apex, NC (US);
John R. Hind, Raleigh, NC (US);
Belinda Y. Langner, Cary, NC (US);
Yongcheng Li, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Obscuring form data to be passed in forms that are sent in messages over a communications network. The form data to be obscured is removed from a form and inserted as a portion of a Uniform Resource Location ('URL') string. The obscured form data may comprise hidden fields and/or links. An obfuscation is then applied to the portion of the URL string, thereby obscuring the information for sending on an outbound message. The original information is recovered from an inbound message which contains the obscured information by reversing the processing used for the obscuring. In one aspect, the obfuscation comprises encryption. In another aspect, the obfuscation comprises creating a tiny URL that replaces the portion of the URL string.