Patent ID: 7634572
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for custom processing of HTTPS data, comprising the steps of: a) creating a HTTPS request at a customized web browser, wherein the customized web browser supports one or more preselected customized processing operations and has an end user interface for accessing and rendering content on the World-Wide Web, and the HTTPS request comprises one or more request headers to be transmitted to a web server; b) intercepting the HTTPS request at the customized web browser, before the HTTPS request is encrypted, and modifying the HTTPS request to add a custom request header indicating that the customized web browser supports the one or more preselected customized processing operations; c) encrypting and sending the custom request header and the HTTPS request to the web server; d) receiving and decrypting the HTTPS request and the custom request header at the web server; e) creating a HTTPS response comprising processed payload data and one or more HTTPS response headers correlatable therewith, wherein the processed payload data is created based on the HTTPS request by processing original payload data using the one or more preselected customized processing operations indicated in the custom request header to be supported by the customized web browser; and f) encrypting and sending the HTTPS response from the web server to the customized web browser.