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System and methods providing secure delivery of licenses and content

  • US 7,702,591 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2006
  • Issued: 04/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:

  • requesting a permit from a consumer subsystem to a providing node;

    notifying an authorizing node to generate the permit by the providing node;

    generating the permit by the authorizing node;

    delivering the permit from the authorizing node to the consumer subsystem without conveying identification indicia of the authorizing node;

    receiving at a reconciling node at least two reports of a plurality of reports during a time period, wherein the plurality of reports include a permit request report, a permit delivery report, a product delivery request report, a product delivery commencement report, and a product delivery completion report;

    conveying electronic digital data in a protected transfer to deliver a product by the providing node to the consumer subsystem in accordance with the permit;

    identifying tuples of related reports from the plurality of reports;

    determining whether a report of a tuple is unmatched;

    determining whether a tuple is incomplete; and

    providing notice of a breach of security in accordance with at least one of whether a report of a tuple is unmatched and whether a tuple is incomplete.

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