Trusted Infrastructure Support Systems, Methods and Techniques for Secure Electronic Commerce, Electronic Transactions, Commerce Process Control and Automation, Distributed Computing, And Rights Management
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Abstract
An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities functioning over electronic networks can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains. In one embodiment, a Distributed Commerce Utility having a secure, programmable, distributed architecture provides administrative and support services. The Distributed Commerce Utility may comprise a number of Commerce Utility Systems. These Commerce Utility Systems provide a web of infrastructure support available to, and reusable by, the entire electronic community and/or many of its participants. Different support functions can be collected together in hierarchical and/or networked relationships to suit various business models or other objectives. Modular support functions can be combined in different arrays to form different Commerce Utility Systems for different design implementations and purposes.
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40 Claims
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21. A system comprising:
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a first telecommunications switch; a second telecommunications switch located remotely from the first telecommunications switch, the second telecommunications switch including a security checkpoint system, the security checkpoint system being operable to; determine whether information received at the second telecommunications switch was routed through the first telecommunications switch; and refuse to transfer the information upon determining that the information was not routed through the first telecommunications switch; an end user node; and a telecommunications network over which the first telecommunications switch, the second telecommunications switch, and the end user node are communicably coupled. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method comprising:
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sending an electronic container from a first user'"'"'s electronic appliance over a telecommunications network comprising one or more telecommunications switches, the electronic container including protected information and control information for governing use of the protected information; receiving the electronic container at a first telecommunications switch; associating a first digital certificate with the electronic container at the first telecommunications switch; receiving the electronic container at a second telecommunications switch; verifying the first digital certificate and associating a second digital certificate with the electronic container; receiving the electronic container at the second user'"'"'s electronic appliance; verifying the second digital certificate; and accessing the protected information in accordance with the control information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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