Dynamic authentication of mark use

• US 8,880,433 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2005
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Starr, Robert J., Zellner, Samuel N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ravetti, Dante
• Application Number:
  US11/106,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20060236103A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,491 Days
• Field of Search: 705/67, 705/16, 705/21, 705/59, 705/71, 380/44, 380/262, 380/278, 380/279
• US Class Current: 705/67
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0816 Key establishment, i.e. cryptographic processes or cryptographic protocols whereby a shared secret becomes available to two or more parties, for subsequent use
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/083 involving central third party, e.g. key distribution center [KDC] or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3268 using certificate validation, registration, distribution or revocation, e.g. certificate revocation list [CRL]

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for authenticating use of a mark. In one embodiment, a system for facilitation, authentication, and authorization of the use of a mark comprises a mark owner server that receives registration information from a reseller server via a network that requests to use a mark. The mark owner server determines whether the reseller server is authenticated to use the mark. If the reseller server is authenticated to use the mark, the mark owner server sends a key to the reseller server. The mark owner server receives the key from the reseller server to access the mark via the network and determines whether the reseller server is authorized to use the mark based on the key. If the reseller server is authorized to use the mark, the mark owner server sends a first mark via the network to be displayed.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating authentication and authorization of use of a mark of a mark owner, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first request from a reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

registering the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

associating the reseller server with an authorization level that allows the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

receiving information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level;

changing, based on receipt of the information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level, the authorization level associated with the reseller server;

receiving a second request from the reseller server to access the mark of the mark owner; and

providing access to a manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner that reflects a change in the authorization level associated with the reseller server since registering the reseller server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner comprises a deleted version of the mark of the mark owner.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first request from a reseller server to use a mark of a mark owner;

registering the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

associating the reseller server with an authorization level associated with using the mark of the mark owner;

receiving information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level;

changing, based on receipt of the information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level, the authorization level associated with the reseller server;

receiving a second request from the reseller server to access the mark of the mark owner; and

providing access to a manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner to reflect a change in the authorization level associated with the reseller server since registering the reseller server.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner is a deleted version of the mark of the mark owner.

5. A method for facilitating authentication and authorization of the use of a mark of a mark owner, the method comprising:

receiving, at a processor, a first request from a reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

registering, by the processor, the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner;

associating the reseller server with an authorization level associated with using the mark of the mark owner;

receiving, at the processor, information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level;

changing, by the processor based on receipt of the information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level, the authorization level associated with the reseller server;

receiving, at the processor, a second request from the reseller server to access the mark of the mark owner; and

providing, by the processor, access to a manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner to reflect a change in the authorization level associated with the reseller server since registering the reseller server.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner comprises a deleted version of the mark of the mark owner.