Patent ID: 8468603
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a web page by a browser at a client device, comprising: detecting, by the browser at the client device, an object associated with the web page, wherein the object is an activatable object having an action associated with the object; determining that the action associated with the object was not initiated by a user of the client device; assessing, by the browser at the client device, as part of displaying the web page, whether a source of the object corresponds to a previously blocked certificate; upon an assessment that the source of the object corresponds to the previously blocked certificate, suppressing the action associated with the object and displaying a modeless prompt to advise the user of the suppression of the action associated with the object, wherein the modeless prompt provides a description of the object for which the action is being suppressed; upon an assessment that the source of the object does not correspond to the previously blocked certificate, evaluating a content of the object to determine whether the object contains an upgrade for a program already existing on the client device; and upon determining that the content of the object contains the upgrade for the program already existing on the client device, providing an activation opportunity comprising: