Patent ID: 8095967
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A secure process for user access of web sites, comprising: (a) a user computer; (b) a web site database for installation on said user computer and for storing respective internet protocol (IP) addresses and corresponding uniform resource locators (URL) for each web site a user has previously established user credentials for secure access; (c) an agent program for installation on the user computer and providing for retrieval of IP addresses from any web sites said user attempts to access in a standard browser by providing user credentials, and for not allowing said user credentials to be forwarded unless a corresponding and particular IP address retrieved is already known in the web site database as a trusted web site; (d) a private browser for installation on said user computer, said private browser being incapable of having any browser plug-ins installed therein and controllable only by the agent program, and for solely conducting user sessions with trusted web sites; wherein, user credentials are only supplied to a trusted web site and only supplied by the private browser and only if the agent program finds a correspondence of the retrieved IP address with information stored in the web site database; and wherein said private browser, instead of the standard browser, establishes the user sessions with trusted web sites upon supplying said user credentials.