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System for protecting information over the internet

  • US 7,171,567 B1
  • Filed: 08/01/2000
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for conducting a survey at a computer connected to the Internet comprising the steps of:

  • sending a survey to the computer via the Internet which references a network address to obtain a file for said survey;

    downloading said file from said network address in which said file is encrypted;

    requesting a key to decrypt said encrypted file from a network address where said key is available;

    receiving a key at the computer when said computer is associated with a participant selected to take said survey; and

    decrypting the file in accordance with said key and playing the decrypted file as part of the survey.

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