Patent ID: 8359657
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A digital content access control system comprising: at least one processor; at least one network interface device; at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one network interface device to: (a) cause a validation agent to be sent to a remote delivery machine over a data network, said validation agent configured to determine at least one result of at least one test performed upon arrival of the validation agent at the remote delivery machine, (b) receive, over the data network, the at least one result of the at least one test performed upon arrival of the validation agent at the remote delivery machine, (c) determine whether the remote delivery machine has been compromised based on the at least one result of the at least one test, and (d) if the determination is that the remote delivery machine has not been compromised: