Matthew T Eichner

US Patent:

7305439, Dec 4, 2007

Filed:

Feb 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/349907

Inventors:

Dahong Qian - Westford MA, US
Matthew Eichner - Brookline MA, US
Feiyu Xie - Waltham MA, US
James Ward - Nahant MA, US
Cheng Zhang - Woburn MA, US

Assignee:

Net2Phone, Inc. - Newark NJ

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

709205, 709219, 709227, 719313

Abstract:

A group-browsing system for a plurality of clients each including a shared web browser when browsing non-secure parts of a web site. A server is linked to the shared web browser of each client and is configured to monitor the transmission of the web site URL request from the shared web browser of one client of the group and to direct the request to the shared web browser of other clients in the group. A gatekeeper module is configured to first mask the identity of each client's computer on the shared browser. This prevents the web site from retrieving any client's actual identifier. Second, the gatekeeper is also configured to create a same temporary identifier for each client when any client logs on to the web site so that the same web page is displayed for all the clients in the group. When browsing secure parts of a web site, a non-shared web browser is executed instead of using the shared web browser to avoid sharing sensitive or personal information.

US Patent:

20020032731, Mar 14, 2002

Filed:

Feb 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/777959

Inventors:

Dahong Qian - Westford MA, US
Matthew Eichner - Brookline MA, US
Feiyu Xie - Waltham MA, US
James Ward - Nahant MA, US
Cheng Zhang - Woburn MA, US

Assignee:

Net2Phone, Inc. - Newark NJ

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/204000, 709/203000

Abstract:

A group-browsing system for a plurality of clients each including a shared web browser. A server is linked to the shared web browser of each client and is configured to monitor the transmission of the web site URL request from the shared web browser of one client of the group and to direct the request to the shared web browser of other clients in the group. A gatekeeper module is configured to first mask the identity of each client's computer on the shared browser. This prevents the web site from retrieving any client's actual identifier. Second, the gatekeeper is also configured to create a same temporary identifier for each client when any client logs on to the web site so that the same web page is displayed for all the clients in the group.