公开(公告)号：US20080034406A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-07

申请号：US11894521

申请日：2007-08-20

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： G06F7/04

CPC分类号： G06Q20/12 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/42 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/608 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F21/725 ,  G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/74 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F21/87 ,  G06F2221/034 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0775 ,  G06F2221/0782 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2105 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2137 ,  G06F2221/2141 ,  G06F2221/2143 ,  G06F2221/2147 ,  G06F2221/2149 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/00 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4623 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Secure subsystems used with such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distributed and other operating system environments and architectures, employing, for example, secure semiconductor processing arrangements that may establish secure, protected environments at each node. These techniques may be used to support an end-to-end electronic information distribution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了电子商务的系统和方法，包括安全交易管理和电子权利保护。 根据本发明使用的诸如计算机的电子设备有助于确保仅以授权的方式访问和使用信息，并且保持信息的完整性，可用性和/或机密性。 与这种电子设备一起使用的安全子系统提供分布式虚拟分发环境（VDE），可以实施安全的处理和控制链，例如控制和/或计量或以其他方式监控电子存储或传播信息的使用。 这样的虚拟分发环境可以用于保护电子商务和其他电子或电子促进交易中的各种参与者的权利。 安全的分布式和其他操作系统环境和架构，采用例如安全的半导体处理布置，可在每个节点建立安全的受保护的环境。 这些技术可以用于支持可以例如利用“电子公路”使用的端到端电子信息分发能力。

公开(公告)号：US20080052541A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-28

申请号：US11879202

申请日：2007-07-12

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06Q20/12 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/42 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/608 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F21/725 ,  G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/74 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F21/87 ,  G06F2221/034 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0775 ,  G06F2221/0782 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2105 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2137 ,  G06F2221/2141 ,  G06F2221/2143 ,  G06F2221/2147 ,  G06F2221/2149 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/00 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4623 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Secure subsystems used with such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distributed and other operating system environments and architectures, employing, for example, secure semiconductor processing arrangements that may establish secure, protected environments at each node. These techniques may be used to support an end-to-end electronic information distribution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

公开(公告)号：US20080034231A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-07

申请号：US11894570

申请日：2007-08-20

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： G06F11/30

CPC分类号： G06Q20/12 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/42 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/608 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F21/725 ,  G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/74 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F21/87 ,  G06F2221/034 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0775 ,  G06F2221/0782 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2105 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2137 ,  G06F2221/2141 ,  G06F2221/2143 ,  G06F2221/2147 ,  G06F2221/2149 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/00 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4623 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Secure subsystems used with such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distributed and other operating system environments and architectures, employing, for example, secure semiconductor processing arrangements that may establish secure, protected environments at each node. These techniques may be used to support an end-to-end electronic information distribution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

公开(公告)号：US20070226807A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-27

申请号：US11403536

申请日：2006-04-12

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/00 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/04 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H03M1/68 ,  H04K1/00 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： G06Q20/12 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/42 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/608 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F21/725 ,  G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/74 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F21/87 ,  G06F2221/034 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0775 ,  G06F2221/0782 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2105 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2137 ,  G06F2221/2141 ,  G06F2221/2143 ,  G06F2221/2147 ,  G06F2221/2149 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/00 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4623 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Secure subsystems used with such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distributed and other operating system environments and architectures, employing, for example, secure semiconductor processing arrangements that may establish secure, protected environments at each node. These techniques may be used to support an end-to-end electronic information distribution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了电子商务的系统和方法，包括安全交易管理和电子权利保护。 根据本发明使用的诸如计算机的电子设备有助于确保仅以授权的方式访问和使用信息，并且保持信息的完整性，可用性和/或机密性。 与这种电子设备一起使用的安全子系统提供分布式虚拟分发环境（VDE），可以实施安全的处理和控制链，例如控制和/或计量或以其他方式监控电子存储或传播信息的使用。 这样的虚拟分发环境可以用于保护电子商务和其他电子或电子促进交易中的各种参与者的权利。 安全的分布式和其他操作系统环境和架构，采用例如安全的半导体处理布置，可在每个节点建立安全的受保护的环境。 这些技术可以用于支持可以例如利用“电子公路”使用的端到端电子信息分发能力。

公开(公告)号：US20070061594A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11403535

申请日：2006-04-12

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  W. Sibert ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： H04L9/00 ,  G06F12/14 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06F11/30

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F21/725 ,  G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L9/3218 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L2209/56 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Secure subsystems used with such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distributed and other operating system environments and architectures, employing, for example, secure semiconductor processing arrangements that may establish secure, protected environments at each node. These techniques may be used to support an end-to-end electronic information distribution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

公开(公告)号：US20080034227A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-07

申请号：US11894329

申请日：2007-08-20

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06Q20/04 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2211/007 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/023 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06T1/0021 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04L2463/103 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/23476 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04N21/83555 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了用于安全交易管理和电子权利保护的系统和方法。 根据本发明装备的电子设备如电脑有助于确保仅以授权的方式访问和使用信息，并保持信息的完整性，可用性和/或机密性。 这种电子设备提供分布式虚拟分配环境（VDE），其可以执行安全的处理和控制链，例如控制和/或计量或以其他方式监视电子存储或传播信息的使用。 这样的虚拟分发环境可以用于保护电子商务和其他电子或电子促进交易中的各种参与者的权利。 分布式和其他操作系统，环境和架构，例如使用防篡改的基于硬件的处理器的那些，可以在每个节点建立安全性。 这些技术可以用于支持全电子信息分发，例如利用“电子公路”。

公开(公告)号：US20080022100A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-24

申请号：US11780955

申请日：2007-07-20

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/6209 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2211/007 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/023 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/389 ,  G06Q20/401 ,  G06T1/0021 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L9/3231 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L63/08 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2209/56 ,  H04L2209/60 ,  H04L2209/805 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04L2463/103 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/83555 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or imaged documents can be marked using handwritten signature images, seal images, electronic fingerprinting, watermarking, and/or steganography. Electronic commercial transactions and transmissions take place in a reliable, “trusted” virtual distribution environment that provides significant efficiency and cost savings benefits to users in addition to providing an extremely high degree of confidence and trustedness. The systems and techniques have many uses including but not limited to secure document delivery, execution of legal documents, and electronic data interchange (EDI).

公开(公告)号：US20050246541A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US11102514

申请日：2005-04-07

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06Q20/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G07F17/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/6209 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2211/007 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/023 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/389 ,  G06Q20/401 ,  G06T1/0021 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L9/3231 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L63/08 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2209/56 ,  H04L2209/60 ,  H04L2209/805 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04L2463/103 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/83555 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or imaged documents can be marked using handwritten signature images, seal images, electronic fingerprinting, watermarking, and/or steganography. Electronic commercial transactions and transmissions take place in a reliable, “trusted” virtual distribution environment that provides significant efficiency and cost savings benefits to users in addition to providing an extremely high degree of confidence and trustedness. The systems and techniques have many uses including but not limited to secure document delivery, execution of legal documents, and electronic data interchange (EDI).

摘要翻译： 文件和其他项目可以从发件人到收件人以电子方式传递，信任度接近或超过个人文件快递所提供的信任级别。 可靠的电子中介可以验证，见证和/或归档交易，而在某些情况下，可以积极参与或指导交易。 可以使用手写签名图像，密封图像，电子指纹，水印和/或隐写术来标记印刷或成像文档。 电子商业交易和传输发生在可靠的“可信赖”虚拟分发环境中，除了提供极高的信心和信任度之外，还为用户提供了显着的效率和成本节约优势。 这些系统和技术具有许多用途，包括但不限于安全的文件传送，执行法律文件和电子数据交换（EDI）。

公开(公告)号：US20050182956A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US11102525

申请日：2005-04-07

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie ,  Robert Weber

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06Q20/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G07F17/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/6209 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2211/007 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/023 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06Q20/389 ,  G06Q20/401 ,  G06T1/0021 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L9/3231 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L63/08 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2209/56 ,  H04L2209/60 ,  H04L2209/805 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04L2463/103 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/83555 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or imaged documents can be marked using handwritten signature images, seal images, electronic fingerprinting, watermarking, and/or steganography. Electronic commercial transactions and transmissions take place in a reliable, “trusted” virtual distribution environment that provides significant efficiency and cost savings benefits to users in addition to providing an extremely high degree of confidence and trustedness. The systems and techniques have many uses including but not limited to secure document delivery, execution of legal documents, and electronic data interchange (EDI).

公开(公告)号：US20080034230A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-07

申请号：US11894538

申请日：2007-08-20

申请人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

发明人： Karl Ginter ,  Victor Shear ,  Francis Spahn ,  David Van Wie

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06Q20/04 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06F2211/007 ,  G06F2221/0737 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/023 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q20/24 ,  G06T1/0021 ,  G07F9/026 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04L2463/102 ,  H04L2463/103 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/23476 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04N21/83555 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, utilizing the “electronic highway.”