SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE INTERNET COMMUNICATION CHANNEL FOR AUTHENTICATION FROM A WEB BROWSER

摘要

A system and method are provided for establishing a secondary communication channel of communication in the background without explicit user interaction to authenticate the user trying to access resources on a server and the secondary communication channel is triggered by a specially crafted extension in a user accessed URL.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of forming a secure data communication exchange between a user computer and a website, comprising:
establishing a communication channel between a web browser executed at the user computer and the website; receiving by a standalone application at the user computer a uniform resource identifier (URI) that includes a special scheme; and forming an out of band secondary communication channel to authenticate the user computer, wherein the secondary communication channel is triggered by a specially crafted extension in a user accessed Uniform Resource Locator (URL).