Patent ID: 8706801
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, by a browser application, a markup language document from a website, the markup language document including instructions to display an image on a client device, the image associated with a resource on the client device, the browser application restricted from performing file access operations outside a specified portion of a file system of the client device; loading a browser plug-in from a location in the file system; verifying that the markup language document is received from a domain authorized by the browser plug-in; sending a request to the loaded browser plug-in, the request including information identifying the resource on the client device, the resource stored outside the specified portion of the file system of the client device; receiving from the loaded browser plug-in information associated with the identified resource; rendering the image associated with the identified resource in the browser application based on the information associated with the identified resource; and causing the display of the image associated with the identified resource by the client device.