Patent ID: 8156549
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method including: receiving, by a computer based system for initiating a secure communication session, a http request file and browser identification data; analyzing, by the computer based system, the browser identification data to selectively grant access to proceed based upon a determination that a device sending the http request file is a supported type of device, wherein an error message is transmitted to the device sending the http request file in response to the device not being a supported device, and wherein access to proceed is not established in response to the device not being a supported device; analyzing, by the computer based system, the HTTP request file for presence of a security token, wherein the http request file includes the client agent data and the communication device model data; at least one of, by the computer based system, comparing the client agent data to authorized client agents, or comparing the communication device model data to authorized communication device models on an associated database; based on the comparing, at least one of: configure, grant, or deny access to the host web server; transmitting, by the computer based system and in response to a determination of no security token being present in the HTTP request file, an encrypted security token in a reply communication within an HTML INPUT tag; and receiving, by the computer based system, a request to initiate a secure session including the encrypted security token.