Patent ID: 6286001
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A browser apparatus for accessing web pages stored on a plurality of servers in a distributed data network, said browser apparatus comprising:a memory capable of storing an access authorization database, said access authorization database comprising a plurality of authorized web sites associated with said web pages, wherein each of said plurality of authorized web sites has associated therewith at least one approved content verification value stored in said access authorization database and generated from at least one web page in said each of said plurality of authorized web sites; anda data processor capable of retrieving said web pages from said plurality of servers, wherein said data processor operates in a supervisory mode in which an operator of said browser apparatus selects said plurality of authorized web sites to be included in said access authorization database and generates said at least one approved content verification value for each of said plurality of authorized web sites and wherein said data processor operates in a user mode in which a user of said browser apparatus requests a first requested web page, said data processor permitting said user to access said first requested web page only if said first requested web page is associated with a first one of said plurality of authorized web sites and only if a second content verification value generated from a retrieved copy of said first requested web page matches an approved content verification value associated with said first requested web page and stored in said access authorization database.