Patent ID: 9674167
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of authenticating a site on a network, comprising: receiving, by a security server from a web page that is (i) associated with a network site and (ii) displayed by a user's network device, an identifier of the user's network device and an identifier of the network site, wherein the received network site identifier includes an address identifier associated with the web page; transmitting, by the security server in response to the receipt of the identifiers, an indication of legitimacy of the network site that will cause display of a corresponding legitimacy indicator on both the web page and a personalized pop-up window displayed by the user's network device, wherein the personalized pop-up window is made through selection by the user and wherein said transmitting further comprises: displaying the corresponding legitimacy indicator on both the web page and the personalized pop-up window at the user's network device; and determining that the network site is legitimate when the displayed corresponding legitimacy indicator on both the web page and the personalized pop-up window includes a matching random image.