Patent ID: 8122251
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for informing a user that a remote server is valid, comprising: receiving a request of the user to access a website available from the remote server, the request comprising an identifier associated with a user terminal of the user; in response to the request, retrieving a dynamic personal attribute associated with the user for the website, wherein the dynamic personal attribute is retrieved using the identifier associated with the user terminal of the user, wherein retrieving the dynamic personal attribute comprises initiating a query toward a network element of a communications service provider, wherein the dynamic personal attribute is a current location of a mobile device of the user, wherein the network element of the communications service provider is a network element of a wireless service provider; and propagating the dynamic personal attribute toward the user for use by the user in validating the remote server, wherein the dynamic personal attribute is propagated toward the user as part of a webpage configured to accept a username of the user for the website and a password of the user for the website.