Security systems and methods for encoding and decoding content
AssigneeESW Holdings, Inc.
InventorsSteven Sprague, Michael Sprague
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Abstract
Systems and methods may be provided for masking data on public networks, such as social networking sites. At a publishing node, the system may monitor data input fields in a webpage, and intercept and encode content, such as text, images, and video input at the data input fields, prior to the content being posted online on a public service provider's website. A privacy agent may process input field content to try to detect encoding markers in the input field content, which define portions of the content that are to be encoded. A third party key server may be used to store decoding keys. A URI reference to the decoding key may be used to access the decoding key by a node attempting to view the decoded version of the input field content.
Claims12
A method of controlling digital content, the method comprising:
- facilitating decoding of an encoded version of input field content in an electronic document by:
- requesting a decoding key to facilitate decoding of at least portions of the encoded version of the input field content in the electronic document;
- and
- receiving, from a policy node, a universal resource identifier (URI) reference to the decoding key;
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- using the URI reference to the decoding key, requesting, from a third party key node, access to the decoding key to facilitate replacement of at least portions of the encoded version of the input field content with a decoded version of the input field content.
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