System and method for transferring electronic information

US6934390B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul A. Moskowitz · Yorktown Heights, US
• Stephen Boies · Mahopac, US
• Samuel Dinkin · Austin, US
• David Greene · Ossining, US
• William Grey · Millwood, US
• Philip Yu · Chappaqua, US
• Edith H. Stern · Yorktown Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system to transfer electronic information includes reception of a command to transmit a file of electronic information. In response to the received command, the file of electronic information is automatically copied to create a copied file of electronic information, the copied file is transmitted, and the file of electronic information is rendered unusable. By rendering the file of electronic information unusable after copying the file, no additional usable copies of the file will remain. As a result, a degree of protection is provided to any copyright interest in the electronic information embodied therein.