Patent ID: 6999946
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing access to a digital work, the method for execution by a reconciling node, the method comprising: receiving at the reconciling node via a network a first report, the first report being provided in response to a transaction that provided the digital work from a content providing node to a content requesting node, the first report comprising a transaction identifier, the transaction conducted in response to a request originated by the content requesting node; receiving at the reconciling node via the network a second report that originated from a content managing node in response to supplying by the content managing node information to validate the request, the second report comprising a value and a payee identifier; comparing at the reconciling node the value and the transaction identifier; and transmitting from the reconciling node onto the network a message enabling a credit to an account corresponding to the payee identifier, transmitting being in response to comparing.