Method for protection against fraud in a network by icon selection
AssigneeGemplus
InventorDavid Naccache
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for improving security of operations in a communication network such as Internet. The method comprises the following steps which consist in: (a) creating in the programme installation of the browsing programme a database containing a plurality of icons; (b) selecting, when executing an installation programme, an icon in said icon database; (c) recording said selected icon in a storage unit which is inaccessible by means other than those of the browsing programme; (d) displaying said selected icon when executing a browsing programme and assigning a feature to indicate that the current operation is or is not secure.
Claims10
A method for improving the security of transactions between the sites and the visitors to the sites connected by a network which is accessible by means of a browsing program capable of displaying superimposed images on the display screen coming from the site being looked at, characterised in that it comprises the following steps consisting in:
- (a) creating in the browsing program installation program a database containing a plurality of icons;
- (b) selecting, during execution of the installation program, an icon from said icon database;
- (c) recording this selected icon in a memory which is inaccessible to means other than those of the browsing program;
- (d) displaying this selected icon during execution of the browsing program and assigning a characteristic to it for indicating that the operation in progress is or is not secure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.