Patent ID: 8738771

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a computing device having instructions that in response to being executed by the computing device, enable the computing device to cause performance of operations comprising: providing a document in response to a request from a client for the document, wherein the document includes a first region comprising protected content of the document and a second region comprising unprotected content of the document and the first region of the document, wherein at least a portion of the protected content is visibly presented as part of the document, and wherein the first region and the second region are parts of same document; and associating a software component with the second region, the software component being sent by the computing device and being executable at the client to contact the computing device for permission to access the protected content, wherein the second region is located over the first region to protect the first region and to keep unauthorized access away from the first region, and wherein an attempt to access the first region causes the second region to be accessed and causes execution of the software component.