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US 7,735,121 B2Granted
Virtual pad
OwnerMasih Madaniinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating information over an insecure communications network include one or more computing devices that may access a first server via the communication network. In operation the first server displays an authentication Web page having a virtual pad with a plurality of characters that may be selected directly from a display of the computing device.
Claims21
A method for transmitting information over a communication network, comprising:
- navigating to a first web site on the communication network from a computing device;
- presenting a virtual pad generated by a server, the virtual pad comprising a first plurality of characters on a Web page that may be selected directly from a display of the computing device to enter information;
- and
- generating a second plurality of characters utilizing an alternative character set stored in a database on the server and differing from that of the first plurality of characters, wherein each character of the first plurality of characters corresponds to one character in the alternative character set, and wherein information corresponding to the first plurality of characters entered using the virtual pad is converted to corresponding characters in the alternative character set prior to transmission.
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A method for transmitting information over a communication network, comprising:
- presenting a virtual pad generated by a server, the virtual pad comprising a first plurality of characters on a Web page accessible over the communication network, wherein the first plurality of characters are selectable directly from a display of a computing device coupled to the communication network to enter information;
- and
- generating a second plurality of characters utilizing an alternative character set stored in a database on the server and differing from that of the first plurality of characters, wherein each character of the first plurality of characters corresponds to one character in the alternative character set, and wherein information corresponding to the first plurality of characters entered using the virtual pad is converted to corresponding characters in the alternative character set prior to transmission over the communication network.
A method for transmitting information over a communication network, comprising:
- presenting a virtual pad generated by a server, the virtual pad comprising a first plurality of characters on a Web page accessible over the communication network, wherein the first plurality of characters are selectable directly from a display of a computing device coupled to the communication network to enter information;
- and
- generating a second plurality of characters utilizing an alternative character set stored in a database on the server and differing from that of the first plurality of characters, wherein each character of the first plurality of characters corresponds to one and only one character in the alternative character set, and wherein information corresponding to the first plurality of characters entered using the virtual pad is converted to the one and only one character in the alternative character set prior to transmission over the communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.