Patent ID: 7974956
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a user that requests information pertaining to a website, the method comprising the steps of: an entity associated with a web crawler generating a filename and content for the user that is purportedly authorized to modify the website; the entity sending the filename and the content toward the user without sending said information pertaining to the website toward the user, wherein a file with the filename and the content are not stored on a server that hosts the website when the filename and the content are sent toward the user; wherein, after the filename and content are sent toward the user, the user creates a file with the filename, causes the file to be stored on a server that hosts the website, and causes the content to be stored in the file; after sending the filename and content toward the user: wherein the steps of generating, sending, and storing are performed on one or more computing devices.