US 11,893,089 B1Granted

Systems and methods for protecting content when using a general purpose user interface application

AssigneeAuctane, LLC

InventorsGeoffrey Charles Begen, JP Leon

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Abstract

Systems and methods which prevent or limit access to protected content (e.g., value bearing indicia (VBI)) by a general purpose user interface application (e.g., web browser) are shown. Embodiments implement techniques to avoid displaying protected content by a general purpose user interface application, or displaying protected content during a time in which a user does not have access to particular functions of the general purpose user interface application, to protect the content from various operations, such as repeated printing, electronic copying, etc. Data presentation formatting control in the form of style sheets may be utilized to control access to content. Additionally or alternatively, executable code or an executable object may be implemented within a page or other content to control access to content. Similarly, separate areas, such as windows or pages, may be utilized to control access to content.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a memory;
and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
display, via a user interface application executed by the one or more processors, unprotected content within a page displayed by the user interface application to a user of the user interface application, wherein the unprotected content corresponds to executable code for accessing protected content from a remote server;
receive, via the user interface application, a print command for printing the protected content, wherein the print command is initiated by the user activating a button included within the page that is configured to facilitate printing of the protected content;
and
control printing, via the user interface application in response to the print command, of the protected content, wherein the one or more processors configured to control printing are configured to:
execute the executable code to replace at least a portion of the unprotected content with the protected content within the page displayed by the user interface application;
and
immediately invoke printing functionality after replacing the at least a portion of the unprotected content with the protected content causing the protected content to be output to a printer and the protected content to be replaced with unprotected content within the user interface application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/062,527Filed 2 Oct 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 27 Jul 2004
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 21/1066
Enforcing content protection by specific content processing: hiding content
G06F 21/608
By securing the transmission between two devices or processes: secure printing
H04L 63/0245
Filtering policies: filtering by information in the payload
H04L 63/168
Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer: above the transport layer

Family

Application60/591,433Us provisional application · filed 27 Jul 2004
Application10/994,768Parent of this division · filed 22 Nov 2004
Application11/729,148Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Mar 2007
Application12/103,465Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Apr 2008
US 7,954,709 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Jun 2011
Application12/316,542Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Dec 2012
Application15/630,849Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jun 2017
Application15/651,893Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Jul 2017
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