US 10,848,581 B2 · Secure communications system and method

Abstract

A system and method providing a collection of associated servers in a data center connected to the Internet. The servers, each being related to a service, deliver a client to a user, encapsulating the related services to common standard Internet browser software. The system and method provide a window to the Internet. The associated servers perform browsing for a user, stripping out viruses and malware and delivering safe content. The content enables a user to view and interact with the content on its computer, but not processing that content on the user's computer; the content is not stored on any local storage at the user's computer. The system and method for the delivery of services is tightly integrated into the Internet browsing experience and provides the end-user with anonymity, privacy, fraud protection, and multiple-client sharing of meta-information pertaining to the browsing experience.

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Dependent claims

A system for coupling one or more user computers to the Internet, comprising:

a proxy server adapted to enable bidirectional communications between one of said user computers and a party coupled to the Internet, wherein the one of said user computers is characterized by a user identifier, whereby the identity of said user computer is not made known to said party,
wherein the proxy server includes an internet access server on a computer network, wherein the internet access server includes a processor with an internet browser associated therewith, residing on and running on the internet access server,
wherein the internet access server is adapted to:
provide a web-based service to the user by way of a private launching point of a browser-like interface at the display of the user computer, and
establish a secure internet communication link through the private launching point of a browser-like interface at the display of the user computer while isolating the user computer from internet-coupled parties other than the internet access server during existence of the secure internet communication link, whereby the identifier of the user computer is not provided to internet-coupled parties other than the internet access server.

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A method for establishing a secure internet communication link between a user and a user-desired internet-coupled party by way of a user computer having a memory and a display, and characterized by a user identifier, comprising the steps of:

by an internet access server on a computer network, wherein the internet access server includes a processor with an internet browser associated therewith, residing on and running on the internet access server,
providing a web-based service to the user by way of a private launching point of a browser-like interface at the display of the user computer, and
establishing a secure internet communication link through the private launching point of a browser-like interface at the display of the user computer while isolating the user computer from internet-coupled parties other than the internet access server during existence of the secure internet communication link, whereby the identifier of the user computer is not provided to internet-coupled parties other than the internet access server.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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