Secure Internet
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1. A method of operating a secure communication system, the system including a plurality of devices capable of sending and receiving files, the method comprising:
- (a) embedding a unique identifier of a sending device in each file sent from one of said plurality of devices to another of said plurality of devices;
(b) embedding a unique file identification in each file sent from one of said plurality of devices to another of said plurality of devices; and
(c) registering a rights owner of a selected uniquely identified file in a database via a registration server to establish proof of rights in the selected uniquely identified file, so that the selected uniquely identified file is associated with the rights owner in the database thereby establishing property rights in the rights owner.
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Abstract
A method is provided for operating a secure communication system, the system including a plurality of devices capable of sending and receiving files. A unique identifier, which may include the MAC address of the sending device, is embedded in each file. A unique file identification is embedded in each file. Purchasers or other rights owners of files are registered in a database via a registration server to establish proof of ownership of rights in the file.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a secure communication system, the system including a plurality of devices capable of sending and receiving files, the method comprising:
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(a) embedding a unique identifier of a sending device in each file sent from one of said plurality of devices to another of said plurality of devices;
(b) embedding a unique file identification in each file sent from one of said plurality of devices to another of said plurality of devices; and
(c) registering a rights owner of a selected uniquely identified file in a database via a registration server to establish proof of rights in the selected uniquely identified file, so that the selected uniquely identified file is associated with the rights owner in the database thereby establishing property rights in the rights owner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of communicating a file from a sending device to a receiving device, comprising:
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(a) embedding a unique identifier of the sending device in the file;
(b) embedding a unique file identification in the file;
(c) sending the file, with the unique identifier and the unique file identification embedded therein, from the sending device to the receiving device; and
(d) registering a rights owner of the file with a registration server and associating the rights owner with the unique file identification. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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