Jin Xian Wen

US Patent:

20210377302, Dec 2, 2021

Filed:

May 26, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/331488

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Glenn GRAY - New York NY, US
Paul YACOVETTA - San Jose CA, US
Jin WEN - Fremont CA, US
Donald B. ROBERTS - Delaware OH, US
Matthew CERINI - Woodmere NY, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06Q 20/40

Abstract:

Systems and methods for preventing the fraudulent sending of data from a computer application to a malicious third party are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for preventing a computer application from sending data to an unauthorized website may include: (1) receiving, at a computer application executed by an electronic device and from a first website, an identification of a second website for receiving data from the computer application; (2) providing, by the computer application and to a certificate authority, the identification of the second website, wherein the certificate authority validates that the second website is on a list of allowed websites for the first website; (3) receiving, by the computer application and from the certificate authority, validation; and (4) communicating, by the computer application, the data to the second website.