Patent · US Expired

Network content access control

US6928545B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateApr 10, 2000
Grant dateAug 9, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0807
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for preventing unauthorized access by a requestor to data sent via computer networks, including a) requesting, from a requesting computer, access to data from a first server, at the first server b) determining if the request is a valid request, c) receiving a ticket from a ticket server, if the request is a valid request d) providing the ticket identifying the requestor to a second server the data is stored, e) directing the requesting computer to request access to the data from the second server, at the second server f) receiving the request from the requesting computer, g) verifying the ticket as identifying the requestor, and h) sending the data to the requesting computer in response to the request.

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