Patent ID: 11934545
Assignee: FORTRA, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for authenticating a user for viewing a secured file in a browser, the method comprising:
selecting a secured file in a server to access via a browser on a user device;
reading a file wrapper which appears in a user interface associated with the user device as an original file type and which comprises metadata and data as a different file type;
generating an inline frame in the browser informing the server to create an authorization session;
generating an authorization session by the server with the browser on the user device; storing the authorization session data and history path in the browser;
verifying user data access rights associated with the user device using an authorization key;
opening the secured file in the browser on the successful validation of authorization key using stored history path in the browser.