Patent ID: 8438582
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for providing soft-denial of client-application requests over a network supporting client-server interactions between network entities, said system comprising: a server computer configured to communicate with a client computer via the network, wherein the network is configured to connect the client computer to said server computer; a request originating from said client computer and received by said server computer from the network; wherein said server computer is configured to determine that said client computer has insufficient authorization to allow said request to be satisfied, and, in response to said insufficient authorization, produce a denial message to be communicated across said network to said client computer; and a soft-denial element configured to intercept said denial message and replace said denial message with an innocuous message having a non-existing message type which is communicated to said client computer in lieu of said denial message; wherein said network is a direct Application Programming Interface (API) between applications.