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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Yahoo!, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventor:

Binu Ramakrishnan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo Holdings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/123 (2013.01); G06F 17/243 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2119 (2013.01);
Abstract

As provided herein, a user of a client device may navigate to a webpage using a browser. A browser window, populated with a verification image and/or details about the webpage, is generated and presented to the user. The verification image and/or details about the webpage differentiate a browser window generated by the browser, from the webpage, from a browser window generated by a malicious user. The browser window comprises a login box into which credentials for logging into the user account may be entered. Responsive to the user entering correct credentials into the login box and selecting a submit option based upon recognition of the verification image, the browser window may be submitted to a server and the user may be presented with a window comprising access to the user account.


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