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Monitoring and controlling access to electronic content

US8681992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2012
Grant dateMar 25, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/24
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatuses for monitoring and controlling access to an electronic content are disclosed. One method includes creating, by an owner server, a group comprising generating a group public key PKG and a group secret key SKG. The method further includes adding, by the owner server, a member to the group, comprising generating a first share SKG1 from the group secret key SKG and a public key of a member, and a second share SKG2 from the group secret key SKG and a public key of a mediator, and providing, by the owner server, the first share SKG1 to a member server of the member and the second shares SKG2 to a mediator server of the mediator.

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