Method and system for mass distribution of geographic data for navigation systems
First Claim
1. A method for on-line mass distribution of data products to end users, the method comprising:
- maintaining an encrypted first portion of each of said data products at a first location;
maintaining an unencrypted second portion of each of said data products at a second location, wherein said second location is different from said first location;
for each of said end users, confirming the end user'"'"'s entitlement to one of said data products;
obtaining an unencrypted second portion of said one of said data products on a navigation system from said second location;
after said step of confirming, obtaining an encrypted first portion of said one of said data products on the navigation system from said first location, obtaining a decryption key and using said decryption key to decrypt said encrypted first portion;
combining said decrypted first portion of said one of said data products and said unencrypted second portion of said one of said data products to form a combined product, wherein said step of combining is performed remote from said first location;
storing said combined product on a portable computer-readable storage medium, wherein said combined product is not cryptographically secured on the computer-readable storage medium and said combined product does not include any protection information to limit use of said combined product by the navigation system; and
providing said computer-readable storage medium having said combined first portion and second portion to said user, wherein the first portion of said data product comprises critical data that enables a program executed on the navigation system to use said data product including both the first portion and the second portion together for an intended purpose, wherein said end user accesses said combined product from said storage medium with said navigation system at a third location different from said first location and said second location.
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Abstract
A system and method for mass distribution of data products, such as geographic databases. An authorization server maintains a first portion of each of several data products, and each of several data distribution terminals maintains the second portion of each data product. A user may couple a portable data storage device with a data distribution terminal and select a desired data product. The terminal may then responsively obtain from the authorization server the first portion of the selected data product and record onto the data storage device both the first portion and second portion of the data product. The user may then couple the data storage device with a machine, such as a navigation system, which may then access the data product. The authorization server may secure the first portion before sending it to the data distribution terminal. The authorization server may do so by encrypting the first portion and tying the first portion together with an authorization key. The machine may then use the authorization key to validate and/or facilitate access to the first portion and in turn to the data product as a whole.
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1. A method for on-line mass distribution of data products to end users, the method comprising:
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maintaining an encrypted first portion of each of said data products at a first location; maintaining an unencrypted second portion of each of said data products at a second location, wherein said second location is different from said first location; for each of said end users, confirming the end user'"'"'s entitlement to one of said data products; obtaining an unencrypted second portion of said one of said data products on a navigation system from said second location; after said step of confirming, obtaining an encrypted first portion of said one of said data products on the navigation system from said first location, obtaining a decryption key and using said decryption key to decrypt said encrypted first portion; combining said decrypted first portion of said one of said data products and said unencrypted second portion of said one of said data products to form a combined product, wherein said step of combining is performed remote from said first location; storing said combined product on a portable computer-readable storage medium, wherein said combined product is not cryptographically secured on the computer-readable storage medium and said combined product does not include any protection information to limit use of said combined product by the navigation system; and providing said computer-readable storage medium having said combined first portion and second portion to said user, wherein the first portion of said data product comprises critical data that enables a program executed on the navigation system to use said data product including both the first portion and the second portion together for an intended purpose, wherein said end user accesses said combined product from said storage medium with said navigation system at a third location different from said first location and said second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for secure on-line mass distribution of data products to end users comprising:
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an authorization server at a first location having associated therewith copies of encrypted first portions of a plurality of data products, wherein said encrypted first portions of the data products do not include information to enable encrypted data to be decrypted; a plurality of data distribution terminals at a plurality of locations different from said first location, each of said data distribution terminals has stored thereon copies of unencrypted second portions of said plurality of data products; a communications system that provides for exchange of data between said authorization server and said plurality of data distribution terminals, wherein said data distribution terminal obtains a copy of the encrypted first portion of said data product from said authorization server and decrypts said encrypted first portion; a data distribution program that provides copies of said data products to those end users who are entitled to have said copies thereof, wherein said data distribution program provides a combined copy of a data product by combining a copy of the decrypted first portion of said data product with a copy of the unencrypted second portion of said data product obtained from one of said plurality of data distribution terminals, wherein said step of combining is performed at a location of said one of said plurality of data distribution terminals and said end user is located at said location of said one of said plurality of data distribution terminals; and a storage device interface associated with said data distribution terminal, wherein said storage device interface stores said combined product on a portable computer-readable storage medium, wherein said combined product is not cryptographically secured on the computer-readable storage medium and said combined product does not include any protection information to limit use of said combined product, wherein said user accesses said combined product from said storage medium with a navigation system at a location different from said location of said data distribution terminal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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