Patent ID: 8887293
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for secure communication utilizing social networking sites, comprising: determining, by a server computer, whether a post from a client device communicatively connected to the server computer is for a social networking site, the server computer and the social networking site being independently owned and operated in different computing environments; if the post is not for a social networking site, passing the post to its destination; if the post is for a social networking site, determining, by the server computer, whether the post contains information not to be made public on the social networking site; if the post does not contain confidential information, the server computer forwarding the post to the social networking site without modifying the post; and if the post contains confidential information not to be made public on the social networking site, the server computer generating secured data and forwarding the secured data to the social networking site in place of the confidential information or in place of the post, allowing the secured data to be posted on the social networking site.