Patent ID: 11956241
Assignee: DIGITAL TANGIBLE, S.L.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for web access control, comprising:
generating and storing in a database a plurality of unique secure random access tokens and corresponding direct link URLs;
providing a web server that is tangibly embodied, accessed via web by client devices and coupled to a non-volatile storage for retaining the database, the web server being adapted for web access control by performing:
checking in the database if a browser ID of a request by a client device for access with a direct link URL using a browser is already registered for an access-token (AT) to which the direct link URL corresponds;
wherein in response to determining the browser ID is already registered, allowing access requested by the client device;
wherein in response to determining the browser ID is not already registered, checking if a preset limit of allowed registered browser IDs for the AT has been reached;
wherein in response to determining the preset limit has been reached, denying access requested by the client device;
wherein in response to determining the preset limit has not been reached, registering the browser ID with the AT and allowing access requested by the client device; and

preventing unduly denying access requested by the client device due to an automatically sent request by an application program other than the browser, by registering for a first time the browser ID in response to user interaction with content provided via an interstitial page which the direct link URL guides to, and which differs from a web page containing a content item that the client device requesting access thereto.