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Systems and methods for the copy-protected distribution of electronic documents

  • US 20040181688A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2003
  • Published: 09/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for distributing electronic documents, said system comprising:

  • a first computer;

    a second computer;

    a third computer; and

    a network over which information may be transferred from said second and third computers to said first computer, wherein said first computer is configured for;

    receiving operating sequence command data;

    accessing an electronic document over said network by downloading, via at least two separate downloads, a plurality of data segments that are associated with an electronic document and that represent an encrypted form of said electronic document, at least one of said downloads being from said second computer and at least one of said downloads being from said third computer, said electronic document being encrypted by the effect of said operating sequence command data determining the order of said data segments, said plurality of data segments not being usable by a user as downloaded;

    accessing reconstruction data over said network; and

    using said reconstruction data and said encrypted form of said electronic document to make said electronic document available for use in a suitable decrypted form.

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