Tracking electronic content
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1. A method of tracking or regulating access to electronic content, the method comprising:
- collecting notification information from a recipient of electronic content in response to an attempt to access the electronic content at a first computer, the notification information collected by notification instructions previously received from a third computer;
determining dynamically by the received notification instructions at the first computer how to navigate through a network configuration to a public network;
initiating transmission of the collected notification information to a second computer at an address other than that of an immediate sender of the electronic content; and
selectively controlling access to the electronic content at the first computer based on a result of the transmission of the notification information.
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Abstract
A method of tracking electronic content includes producing a file of electronic content and executable instructions that collect notification information and attempt to transmit the notification information to an address when triggered by an event. The executable instructions deny access to the electronic content until the notification information is transmitted successfully.
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1. A method of tracking or regulating access to electronic content, the method comprising:
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collecting notification information from a recipient of electronic content in response to an attempt to access the electronic content at a first computer, the notification information collected by notification instructions previously received from a third computer; determining dynamically by the received notification instructions at the first computer how to navigate through a network configuration to a public network; initiating transmission of the collected notification information to a second computer at an address other than that of an immediate sender of the electronic content; and selectively controlling access to the electronic content at the first computer based on a result of the transmission of the notification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13)
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6. A system of tracking electronic content, comprising:
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a notification server comprising a computer platform including processor and memory configured to receive notification information from a first computer, wherein notification instructions collect and send the notification information based upon a triggering event, the server interconnected by a network to a plurality of computers; the electronic content that includes the notification instructions; wherein the electronic content is configured to be propagated to the plurality of computers in succession and is configured to initiate transmission of the notification information to a network address other than an address of an immediate predecessor computer of the plurality of computers and the first computer itself being a successive computer of the plurality of computers, and wherein the electronic content is configured to control access to the electronic content based upon a result of the transmission of the notification information, and wherein the notification instructions are configured to determine dynamically at the first computer how to navigate through a network configuration to a public network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method embedded in at least one non-transitory computer storage medium, the at least one non-transitory computer storage medium having executable instructions configured when executed to cause the following steps to be performed:
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receiving notification information at a server in response to an attempt to access electronic content at a successive computer, the successive computer being one of a plurality of successive computers having received the electronic content containing executable instructions from an original recipient computer; and tracking the plurality of successive computers based upon the received notification information, wherein the notification information is collected by executing at least some of the executable instructions and the notification information is received at a network address other than a network address transmitting the electronic data to the original recipient computer, and wherein the executable instructions are configured to determine dynamically at the first computer how to navigate through a network configuration to a public network. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system of tracking electronic content, comprising:
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a notification server comprising a computer platform including processor and memory configured to receive notification information from a first computer, wherein notification instructions collect and send the notification information based upon a triggering event, the server interconnected by a network to a plurality of computers; the electronic content that includes the notification instructions; wherein the electronic content is configured to be propagated to the plurality of computers in succession and is configured to initiate transmission of the notification information to a network address other than an address of an immediate predecessor computer of the plurality of computers and the first computer itself being a successive computer of the plurality of computers, and wherein the electronic content is configured to control access to the electronic content based upon a result of the transmission of the notification information, and wherein the notification instructions are configured to determine at the first computer whether a proxy service is enabled or disabled for connecting to a network.
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