Memory tag, method for providing information and enabling the release of stored content, and apparatus therefor
First Claim
1. A method of providing information, the method comprising interrogating a memory tag;
- receiving encrypted content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless electromagnetic communication;
storing the content;
sending a release request to an authoriser;
receiving a release confirmation from the authoriser in response to the release request; and
releasing the stored content in response to receipt of the release confirmation, comprising decrypting the stored content using a decryption key.
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Abstract
A method of providing information, the method comprising interrogating a memory tag; receiving content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless electromagnetic communication; storing the content; sending a release request to an authorizer; receiving a release confirmation from the authorizer in response to the release request; and releasing the stored content in response to receipt of the release confirmation. The memory tag may contain encrypted content. A plurality of said release requests may be sent, each release request having an associated cost. An aggregate cost can then be calculated in accordance with the sum of the associated costs.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of providing information, the method comprising interrogating a memory tag;
- receiving encrypted content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless electromagnetic communication;
storing the content;
sending a release request to an authoriser;
receiving a release confirmation from the authoriser in response to the release request; and
releasing the stored content in response to receipt of the release confirmation, comprising decrypting the stored content using a decryption key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12)
- receiving encrypted content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless electromagnetic communication;
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8. A method of enabling a release of stored content, the method comprising receiving a release request from a client;
- and sending a release confirmation to the client in response to the release request, the release confirmation enabling a decryption key to be applied to encrypted stored content received from a memory tag by wireless communication to decrypt the stored content to release the stored content, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless communication.
- View Dependent Claims (9, 13)
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10. Apparatus for providing information, the apparatus comprising a reader adapted to interrogate a memory tag and receive encrypted content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation, the memory tag comprising a memory and a transponder to enable the wireless electromagnetic communication;
- a store for storing the content;
means for sending a release request to an authoriser;
means for receiving a release confirmation from the authoriser which is responsive to the release request; and
means for decrypting the stored content with a decryption key to release the stored content in response to receipt of the release confirmation.
- a store for storing the content;
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and a reader adapted to; interrogate a memory tag and receive encrypted content from the memory tag by wireless electromagnetic communication in response to the interrogation; store the encrypted content in the memory; communicate a release request to an authoriser; receive a release confirmation from the authoriser responsive to the release request; and decrypt the encrypted stored content using a decryption key in response to receipt of the release confirmation.
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