1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
a client-side security component accessing, from a local store, appearance information describing at least part of an appearance for an embedded region;
the client-side security component displaying the embedded region in an indicated area within a window drawn by a network-enabled application,
wherein the window is drawn according to display information received from a relying party,
wherein the display information from the relying party indicates the area within the window where the embedded region is to be drawn, and
wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying the embedded region as an integral part of the window drawn by the network-enabled application; and
displaying at least part of the appearance of the embedded region according to the locally accessed appearance information and not according to the relying party;
the client-side security component sending a request to a reputation service for reputation information about the relying party;
the client-side security component receiving reputation information from the reputation service; and
the client-side security component displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation in the embedded region according to the reputation information received from the reputation service.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to receiving reputation information from the reputation service indicating the relying party is not reputable, the client-side security component preventing the network- enabled application from sending information to the relying party.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
wherein the reputation service is a remote reputation service located on a server accessible via a network connection; and
the client-side security component receiving the reputation information from the remote reputation service via said network connection.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:
the client-side security component caching reputation information received from the remote reputation service; and
subsequently, prior to sending a request to the remote reputation service:
the client-side security component searching the cached reputation information to determine the reputation of the relying party; and
the client-side security component using the cached reputation information rather than sending a request to the reputation service.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the reputation service is a local reputation service, wherein said local reputation service resides on the same client system as said client-side security component.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
the client-side security component downloading reputation information about a plurality of relying parties from a remote reputation service;
the client-side security component maintaining a local cache of the downloaded reputation information about the plurality of relying parties; and
subsequently, the client-side security component searching the local cache to determine reputation information for one of the relying parties;
in response to finding the reputation information for one of the relying parties in the local cache, the client-side security component utilizing the reputation information from the local cache rather than sending a request to the reputation service.
7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
the client-side security component searching a white list for an address corresponding to said relying party, wherein said white list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of reputable relying parties; or
the client-side security component searching a black list for the address corresponding to the relying party, wherein said black list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of non-reputable relying parties; and
the client-side security component displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation within the embedded region according to the whether or not the address corresponding to the relying party is found in the white list or in the black list.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising, in response to not finding the address of the relying party on the white list, the client-side security component preventing the network-enabled application from sending information to the relying party.
9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, further comprising, the client-side security component maintaining said white list or said black list locally on the same system as the client-side security component.
10. The computer implemented method of claim 7, further comprising the client-side security component maintaining said white list or said black list on a remote server accessible via a network connection.
11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, further comprising the client-side security component periodically or aperiodically downloading said white list or said black list to be accessed locally.
12. The computer implemented method of claim 7, further comprising the client-side security component administering said white list or said black list according to user input.
13. A system, comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores program instructions for a client-side security component, wherein when the program instructions for the client-side security component are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors perform:
accessing, from a local store, appearance information describing at least part of an appearance for an embedded region;
initiating the display of displaying the embedded region in an indicated area within a window drawn by a network-enabled application,
wherein the window is drawn according to display information received from a relying party,
wherein the display information from the relying party indicates the area within the window where the embedded region is to be drawn, and
wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying the embedded region as an integral part of the window drawn by the network-enabled application; and
displaying at least part of the appearance of the embedded region according to the locally accessed appearance information and not according to the relying party;
sending a request to a reputation service for reputation information about the relying party;
receiving reputation information from the reputation service; and
displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation in the embedded region according to the reputation information received from the reputation service.
14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the one or more processors further perform, in response to receiving reputation information from the reputation service indicating the relying party is not reputable, preventing the network-enabled application from sending information to the relying party.
15. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the one or more processors further perform, receiving the reputation information from a remote reputation service via a network connection.
16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the one or more processors further perform:
caching reputation information received from the remote reputation service; and
subsequently, prior to sending a request to the remote reputation service:
searching the cached reputation information to determine the reputation of the relying party; and
using the cached reputation information rather than sending a request to the remote reputation service.
17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said reputation service resides on the same client system as said client-side security component.
18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the one or more processors the client side security component further perform:
downloading reputation information about a plurality of relying parties from a remote reputation service;
maintaining a local cache of the downloaded reputation information about the plurality of relying parties; and
subsequently, searching the local cache to determine reputation information for one of the relying parties;
in response to finding the reputation information for one of the relying parties in the local cache, utilizing the reputation information from the local cache rather than sending a request to the reputation service.
19. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the one or more processors further perform:
searching a white list for an address corresponding to said relying party, wherein said white list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of reputable relying parties; or
searching a black list for the address corresponding to the relying party, wherein said black list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of non-reputable relying parties; and
displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation on the display of the embedded region according to the whether or not the address corresponding to the relying party is found in the white list or in the black list.
20.-24. (canceled)
25. A non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement a client-side security component, wherein when the program instructions for the client-side security component are executed, the program instructions execute on a computer to perform:
accessing, from a local store, appearance information describing at least part of an appearance for an embedded region;
displaying the embedded region in an indicated area within a window drawn by a network-enabled application,
wherein the window is drawn according to display information received from a relying party,
wherein the display information from the relying party indicates the area within the window where the embedded region is to be drawn, and
wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying the embedded region as an integral part of the window drawn by the network-enabled application; and
displaying at least part of the appearance of the embedded region according to the locally accessed appearance information and not according to the relying party;
sending a request to a reputation service for reputation information about the relying party;
receiving reputation information from the reputation service; and
displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation in the embedded region according to the reputation information received from the reputation service.
26. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 25, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, in response to receiving reputation information from the reputation service indicating the relying party is not reputable, preventing the network- enabled application from sending information to the relying party.
27. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 25, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, receiving the reputation information from a remote reputation service via a network connection.
28. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 27, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform:
caching reputation information received from the remote reputation service; and
subsequently, prior to sending a request to the remote reputation service:
searching the cached reputation information to determine the reputation of the relying party; and
using the cached reputation information rather than sending a request to the remote reputation service.
29. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 25, wherein said reputation service resides on the same client system as said client-side security component.
30. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 25, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform:
downloading reputation information about a plurality of relying parties from a remote reputation service;
maintaining a local cache of the downloaded reputation information about the plurality of relying parties; and
subsequently, searching the local cache to determine reputation information for one of the relying parties;
in response to finding the reputation information for one of the relying parties in the local cache, utilizing the reputation information from the local cache rather than sending a request to the reputation service.
31. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 25, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform:
searching a white list for an address corresponding to said relying party, wherein said white list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of reputable relying parties; or
searching a black list for the address corresponding to the relying party, wherein said black list comprises a list of addresses corresponding to a respective plurality of non-reputable relying parties; and
displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation on the display of the embedded region according to the whether or not the address corresponding to the relying party is found in the white list or in the black list.
32. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 31, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, in response to not finding the address of the relying party on the white list, preventing the network-enabled application from sending information to the relying party.
33. The non-transitory The computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 31, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, maintaining said white list or said black list locally on the same system as the client-side security component.
34. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 31, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, maintaining said white list or said black list on a remote server accessible via a network connection.
35. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 33, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, periodically or aperiodically downloading said white list or said black list to be accessed locally.
36. The non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium as recited in claim 31, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions execute on the computer to further perform, administering said white list or said black list according to user input.
37. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
a client-side security component accessing, from a local store, appearance information describing at least part of an appearance for an embedded region;
the client-side security component displaying the embedded region in an indicated area within an interface drawn by a network-enabled application,
wherein the interface is drawn according to display information received from a relying party,
wherein the display information from the relying party indicates the area within the interface where the embedded region is to be drawn, and
wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying a user interface element for accepting data within the embedded region;
displaying the embedded region as an integral part of the interface drawn by the network-enabled application; and
displaying at least part of the appearance of the embedded region according to the locally accessed appearance information and not according to the relying party;
the client-side security component, through the user interface element within the embedded region, receiving data indicating a reputation service;
the client-side security component sending a request to the reputation service for reputation information about the relying party;
the client-side security component receiving reputation information from the reputation service; and
the client-side security component displaying an indication of the relying party’s reputation in the embedded region according to the reputation information received from the reputation service.
38. The computer-implemented method of claim 37, wherein the display of the embedded region is drawn within the interface as part of the display information received from the relying party.
39. The computer-implemented method of claim 37, further comprising:
displaying a second user interface element displaying for one or more selectable options.
40. The computer-implemented method of claim 39, further comprising:
redrawing the display information received from the relying party while a user is interacting with the user interface element,
wherein the redrawing de-emphasizes the display information received from the relying party in contrast to the embedded region.
41. The computer-implemented method of claim 39,
wherein one option of the one or more selectable options allows a user to select the reputation service.
42. (canceled)
43. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
the client-side security component displaying, within the embedded region, a user interface element for accepting user data;
the client-side security component, through the user interface element within the embedded region, receiving data indicating a security-related option; and
the client-side security component, through the user interface element within the embedded region, displaying security or privacy information in response to said receiving data indicating the security-related option.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of manufacturing a radiation detector having a radiation-sensitive detecting layer, comprising:
a first process for forming a polycrystalline film or a polycrystalline lamination film on a substrate by vapor deposition or sublimation using a first material containing at least one of Cd (cadmium) in elemental form, Te (tellurium) in elemental form, Zn (zinc) in elemental form, CdTe (cadmium telluride), ZnTe (zinc telluride), and CdZnTe (cadmium telluride zinc) as a first source; and
a second process for supplying a Cl (chlorine) containing gas or a Cl compound as a second source separate and independent from the first source at a start or in a course of the first process, and heating the substrate to grow the polycrystalline film or the polycrystalline lamination film.
2. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein:
the first source used in the first process is a mixture of the first material and a second material containing at least one of CdCl2 (cadmium chloride) and ZnCl2 (zinc chloride), and
in the first process, the polycrystalline film or the polycrystalline lamination film is formed by vapor deposition or sublimation using the source composed of the mixture of the first material and the second material.
3. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 2, wherein
the mixture is sintered by being heated in advance under a normal pressure and inert atmosphere prior to film formation of the detecting layer.
4. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein:
the first process is performed within a chamber, and
the second source is placed within the chamber for performing the second process in the chamber.
5. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 4, wherein
the second source is heated while the first source is sublimated by heating the first source with heaters.
6. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 5, wherein
the heaters are placed on upper and lower portions of the chamber.
7. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 5, wherein
the second source is heated using remaining heat from the heaters to perform the second process.
8. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 4, wherein
the first source is heated with heaters to be sublimated, and
the second source is heated with auxiliary heaters other than the heaters.
9. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 8, wherein
the heaters are placed on upper and lower portions of the chamber.
10. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 8, wherein
the auxiliary heaters are placed on upper and lower portions of the chamber.
11. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 8, wherein
the second source is heated with the heaters or the auxiliary heaters simultaneously with the start of the first process to perform the second process.
12. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 8, wherein
the second source is heated with the auxiliary heaters in the course of the first process to perform the second process.
13. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein
the first process is performed in a first chamber, and
the second source is placed out of the first chamber and is supplied into the first chamber to perform the second process in the first chamber.
14. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 13, wherein
the second source is heated while the first source is heated with heaters to be sublimated.
15. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 14, wherein
the heaters are placed on upper and lower portions of the chamber.
16. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein
the first process is performed in a first chamber,
a second chamber is provided for supplying the second source to the first chamber, and
the second chamber is provided with heaters for performing temperature control independently of the first chamber.
17. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein
the second source is CdCl2 (cadmium chloride), ZnCl2 (zinc chloride), or a mixture thereof.
18. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 17, wherein
the mixture is sintered by being heated in advance under a normal pressure and inert atmosphere prior to film formation of the detecting layer.
19. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein
the second source is a liquid containing Cl (chlorine).
20. The method of manufacturing the radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein
the second source is HCl (hydrogen chloride), Cl2, CHCl3 (chloroform), or gas obtained through diluting HCl, Cl2 or CHCl3 with N2, O2, H2, or rare gas.