Patent ID: 9727710
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A machine readable medium, on which are stored instructions for limiting unsolicited data uploads over a network, comprising instructions that when executed cause a gateway to: detect a web form contained in a file, wherein the file is an email or a web page downloaded by a user device; attach a watermark to the web form to form a trusted web form responsive to detecting the web form, wherein the watermark includes enough data to verify that data uploaded via the web form belongs to the trusted web form; transfer the file containing the trusted web form to the user device; receive uploaded web form data at the gateway from the user device; determine that the uploaded web form data originated from a human responsive to the uploaded web form data including the watermark of the trusted web form; determine that the uploaded web form data is unsolicited web form data responsive to the uploaded web form data not including the watermark of the trusted web form; and allow transfer of only uploaded web form data that originated from a human.