Patent ID: 9577989
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for decrypting, by a browser application, an encrypted portion of a fragment identifier within a uniform resource identifier, the method comprising: receiving, by a browser application executing on a first computing device, from a user, a uniform resource identifier (URI) including a delimiter and a fragment identifier, the fragment identifier comprising an encrypted portion and an unencrypted portion; providing, by the browser application, to an access control manager executing on a second computing device, the unencrypted portion of the fragment identifier; requesting, by the browser application, from the access control manager, decryption information associated with the fragment identifier, the decryption information including a decryption key; receiving, by the browser application, from the access control manager, the requested decryption information; and decrypting, by the browser application, the encrypted portion of the fragment identifier with the requested decryption information.