System and method for appending security information to search engine results

US 20070143270A1
Filed: 11/29/2006
Published: 06/21/2007
Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
Status: Active Grant

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1. A method for appending security information to search engine results, comprising:

issuing to a search engine a search request for web content having at least one designated search term;

receiving from the search engine a search results report identifying web content that includes the designated search term;

requesting assessment of the received search results for potential security risks;

receiving an assessment indicating potential security risks; and

displaying a search results summary that includes security assessments associated with the identified web content.

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A system for appending security information to search engine results, including a search engine for locating, in a computer network, web pages that include at least one designated search term, for issuing a security analysis request to a content security scanner to assess at least one designated web page for potential security risks, and for preparing a search results summary that includes links to the located web pages and security assessments for the located web pages, a client computer communicatively coupled with the search engine for issuing a search request with at least one user designated search term, to the search engine, and for receiving the search results summary from the search engine, and a content security scanner communicatively coupled with the search engine for assessing security of content in at least one designated web page. A method and computer-readable storage media are also described and claimed.

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1. A method for appending security information to search engine results, comprising:
- issuing to a search engine a search request for web content having at least one designated search term;
  
  receiving from the search engine a search results report identifying web content that includes the designated search term;
  
  requesting assessment of the received search results for potential security risks;
  
  receiving an assessment indicating potential security risks; and
  
  displaying a search results summary that includes security assessments associated with the identified web content.
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- - 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed search results summary is generated based upon user configuration information received by a user.
  - 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed search results summary includes links to web content assessed to have potential security risks displayed in a different color.
  - 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed search results summary provides icons adjacent web content links assessed to have potential security risks.
  - 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed search results summary includes links to located web pages assessed to be of low risk to the security of the client computer.
  - 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the displayed search results summary filters out links to web pages with content assessed to have potential security risks from being displayed.
  - 7. The method of claim 1, wherein web content comprises a web page.
  - 8. The method of claim 1, wherein web content comprises media content, which includes at least one of the group consisting of an audio file comprising a song, an audio file comprising speech, an image file comprising a picture, a video file comprising a video clip, a video file comprising a movie, a file comprising an animation, a file comprising a presentation, and a file comprising a slide show.
  - 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information pertaining to the received security assessment in a cache.
  - 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the assessment is first requested by checking a list identifying web content known to have a low security risk.
  - 11. The method of claim 10, wherein an assessment is requested of an external content scanner upon determining that that the web content is not identified on the list of web content known to have a low security risk.
  - 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the assessment is requested for a portion of the search results that will be presented to the user on a search results summary web page.
  - 13. The method of claim 12, wherein additional assessments are requested for additional portions of the search results once requests are received from the client computer for additional search results summary web pages.

14. A system for appending security information to search engine results, comprising:
- a client computer for issuing to a search engine a search request for web content having at least one designated search term, receiving from the search engine a search results report identifying web content that includes the designated search term, requesting assessment of the search results for potential security risks, receiving an assessment indicating potential security risks, and displaying a search results summary that includes security assessments associated with the identified web content; and
  
  a content security scanner communicatively coupled with the client computer for responding to the issued security analysis request to assess security associated with the item of web content.
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- - 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the displayed search engine summary is generated based upon user configuration information received from a user.
  - 16. The system of claim 15, wherein a user can configure the display to provide links to web content assessed to have potential security risks displayed in a different color.
  - 17. The system of claim 15, wherein a user can configure the display to provide special icons adjacent to links to web content assessed to have potential security risks.
  - 18. The system of claim 14, wherein the display filters out links to web content assessed to have potential security risks from being displayed.
  - 19. The system of claim 14, wherein web content comprises web pages.
  - 20. The system of claim 14, wherein web content comprises media content, which includes at least one of the group consisting of an audio file comprising a song, an audio file comprising speech, an image file comprising a picture, a video file comprising a video clip, a video file comprising a movie, a file comprising an animation, a file comprising a presentation, and a file comprising a slide show.

21. Computer-readable storage media storing program code for causing a computing device to:
- generate a search request with at least one designated search term;
  
  receive an identification of web content in a computer network that includes the at least one designated search term;
  
  request assessments of the identified web content for potential security risks; and
  
  generate a search results summary that incorporates security assessments for the identified web content.

22. A method for appending security information to search engine results, comprising:
- issuing to a search engine a search request for web content having at least one designated search term;
  
  receiving from the search engine a search results report identifying web content that includes the designated search term and receiving an active program for retrieving security assessments for the identified web content;
  
  executing the active program to request assessment of the received search results for potential security risks;
  
  receiving an assessment indicating potential security risks; and
  
  displaying a search results summary that includes security assessments associated with the identified web content.

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Current Assignee
Finjan Holdings, Inc. (SoftBank Group Corp.)
Original Assignee
Finjan Software Limited (SoftBank Group Corp.)
Inventors
Limor, Elbaz, Yuval, Ben-Itzhak

Granted Patent

US 7,930,299 B2
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US Class Current

1/1
CPC Class Codes

G06F 16/9038   Presentation of query results

G06F 16/951   Indexing; Web crawling tech...

G06F 16/9535   Search customisation based ...

G06F 16/9538   Presentation of query results

G06F 21/51   at application loading time...

G06F 2221/2119   Authenticating web pages, e...

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