# US 12,120,091 B2 · Secure analysis application for accessing web resources

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- Number: US 12,120,091 B2
- Document ID: US12120091B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/833,690
- Filed: 2022-06-06
- Published: 2022-09-22
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-20
- Assignees: Authentic8, Inc.
- Applicants: Authentic8, Inc.
- Inventors: Scott M. Petry; Ramesh Rajagopal; Peter K. Lund; Fredric L. Cox; Adam P. Moore; Leslie L. Dunston; Varley H. Taylor; Zachary L. Segal; Luka I. Stolyarov; Joshua R. McMains; Brian T. Zaugg
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120091B2

## CPC

- H04L 63/0209: {Architectural arrangements, e.g. perimeter networks or demilitarized zones}
- H04L 63/0281: {Proxies}
- H04L 63/04: {for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks}
- H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)}
- H04L 63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint}
- H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources}
- H04L 63/123: {received data contents, e.g. message integrity}
- H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
- H04L 67/1097: for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
- H04L 67/563: Data redirection of data network streams
- H04W 12/02: Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Embodiments described herein may be directed to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, computer program products, computer-executable instructions, and/or applications for securely and anonymously accessing web resources and customizable attribution of identity. In accordance with the present disclosure, a user may inspect and analyze a webpage as well as the underlying source code from an “arm's length” using a secure analysis application to prevent exposure on the user's local machine. The secure analysis application may provide increased flexibility in masking and/or modifying the user's digital persona to external websites.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A secure web container system for providing improved concealing of origination of Internet content requests, the secure web container system located in a first location, and the secure web container system comprising:
at least one memory comprising instructions; and
at least one processing device configured for executing the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the at least one processing device to perform operations of:
receiving a request for Internet content from a computing user device located in a second location different from the first location, wherein the computing user device executes an Internet application, associated with an Internet session, for requesting the Internet content;
communicating with an Internet content source to access the Internet content, such that the computing user device is substantially insulated from communicating directly with the Internet content source or receiving the Internet content directly from the Internet content source; and
transmitting second Internet content, or computing instructions, to the computing user device, wherein the computing user device initiates display of, using a graphical processing unit (GPU) comprised in the computing user device, the second Internet content, or third Internet content based on the computing instructions, to a user of the computing user device,
wherein at least one of the Internet content, the second Internet content, or the computing instructions on which the third Internet content is based, is routed through an egress node selected from one or more egress nodes.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein the Internet content source determines that the egress node is associated with a particular location, wherein the particular location is different from the second location.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device performs the operations of:
generating, based on the request, a second request for the Internet content, wherein the second request comprises data associated with at least one of a location, a business or residence, a service, a device, a device type, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), an operating system, an Internet application, or a browser; and
transmitting the second request to the Internet content source.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The secure web container system of claim 3, wherein the data is consistent with at least of a browser fingerprint or application fingerprint associated with the request or the second request.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The secure web container system of claim 3, wherein the location, the business or residence, the service, the device, the ISP, the operating system, the Internet application, or the browser is at least similar to or consistent with the second location, a second business or residence, a second service, a second device, a second device type, a second ISP, a second operating system, a second Internet application, or a second browser associated with at least one third request received by the Internet content source.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The secure web container system of claim 5, wherein the at least one third request was previously received by the Internet content source at least a threshold number of times.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein at least one a location, a business or residence, the service, a device, a device type, an ISP, an operating system, the Internet application, or a browser, associated with the computing user device, is not transmitted to the Internet content source.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein the second Internet content or the third Internet content is a modified version of the Internet content or an image representation of the Internet content.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein the egress node is located at a third location the same as, different from, or similar to the first location or the second location.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The secure web container system of claim 1, wherein the secure web container system performs at least one of rendering or executing the Internet content remotely from the computing user device.

### Claim 11

A method for providing improved concealing of information associated with Internet content requests, the method comprising:
receiving, using a secure web container system located at a first location, a request for Internet content from a computing user device located in a second location different from the first location,
wherein the computing user device executes an Internet application, associated with an Internet session, for requesting the Internet content;
communicating, using the secure web container system, with an Internet content source to access the Internet content, such that the computing user device is substantially insulated from communicating directly with the Internet content source; and
transmitting, using the secure web container system, second Internet content, or computing instructions, to the computing user device, wherein the computing user device initiates display of, using a GPU comprised in the computing user device, the second Internet content, or third Internet content based on the computing instructions, to a user of the computing user device,
wherein at least one of the Internet content, the second Internet content, the request for the Internet content, or the instructions on which the third Internet content is based, is transmitted to or received from an egress node selected from one or more egress nodes, and
wherein the secure web container system comprises a computing apparatus through which the second Internet content, or the instructions on which the third Internet content is based, is accessed by the computing user device during the Internet session.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11,
wherein the selection of the egress node from the one or more egress nodes is based on identification information associated with the computing user device or location information associated with the computing user device, or is based on information associated with the Internet content source; or
wherein the secure web container system performs at least one of rendering or executing the Internet content remotely from the computing user device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising:
generating, based on the request, a second request for the Internet content,
wherein the second request comprises data associated with at least one of a location, a business or residence, a service, a device, a device type, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), an operating system, an Internet application, or a browser; and
transmitting the second request to the Internet content source.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the Internet content source determines, based on the data, that the egress node is associated with a particular location, wherein the particular location is different from the second location and the first location.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the data is consistent with at least of a browser fingerprint or application fingerprint associated with the request or the second request.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the location, the business or residence, the service, the device, the ISP, the operating system, the Internet application, or the browser is at least similar to or consistent with second location, a second business or residence, a second service, a second device, a second device type, a second ISP, a second operating system, a second Internet application, or a second browser, respectively, associated with at least one third request received by the Internet content source.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one third request was previously received by the Internet content source at least a threshold number of times during a particular period.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the egress node is located at a third location the same as, different from, or similar to the first location or the second location, or wherein the second Internet content, or the instructions on which the third Internet content is based, is a modified version of the Internet content or an image representation of the Internet content, or wherein the secure web container system performs at least one of rendering or executing the Internet content remotely from the computing user device.

### Claim 19

A method for providing improved concealing of information associated with Internet content requests, the method comprising:
receiving, using a secure web container system located at a first location, a request for Internet content from a computing user device located in a second location different from the first location,
wherein the computing user device executes an Internet application, associated with an Internet session, for requesting the Internet content;
communicating, using the secure web container system, with an Internet content source to access the Internet content, such that the computing user device is substantially insulated from communicating directly with the Internet content source;
selecting, using the secure web container system, an egress node from one or more egress nodes;
transmitting, using the secure web container system, and via the egress node selected from the one or more egress nodes, the request for the Internet content or a second request for the Internet content, based on the request for the Internet content, to the Internet content source;
receiving, using the secure web container system, the Internet content from the Internet content source;
generating, using the secure web container system and based on the Internet content, second Internet content or computing instructions; and
transmitting, using the secure web container system, the second Internet content or the computing instructions to the computing user device, wherein the computing user device initiates display of, using a GPU comprised in the computing user device, the second Internet content, or third Internet content based on the computing instructions, to a user of the computing user device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, further comprising:
generating, based on the request, the second request for the Internet content, wherein the second request comprises data associated with at least one of a location, a business or residence, a service, a device, a device type, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), an operating system, an Internet application, or a browser; and
transmitting the second request to the Internet content source,
wherein the location, the business or residence, the service, the device, the ISP, the operating system, the Internet application, or the browser is at least similar to or consistent with the second location, a second business or residence, a second service, a second device, a second device type, a second ISP, a second operating system, a second Internet application, or a second browser associated with at least one third request received by the Internet content source.