Patent ID: 9038171
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying website trustworthiness to a user, the method comprising: establishing, by the user, a user-defined good list for the user, the user-defined good list identifying at least one user known good website address; defining by the user at least one user-defined, custom visual characteristic for customizing a display of a known good website address by a user known good website address of the at least one user known wind website address in the user-defined good list; associating the at least one user-defined, custom visual characteristic with the user known good website address in the user-defined good list; and responsive to the user selecting to visit, via a processor, the known good website addressed by the user known good website address identified in the user-defined good list, displaying by the processor the known good website for the user and concurrently customizing the display of the known good website by displaying the at least one user-defined, custom visual characteristic associated with the user known good website address identified in the user-defined good list, wherein the at least one user-defined, custom visual characteristic provides a user-defined, customized visual indication of website trustworthiness to the user.