Patent ID: 6757728
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
In an Internet authorization system for at least one of preventing Internet access and unauthorized use of proprietary data over the Internet, a method including the steps of:(a) encoding an Internet authorization flag, indicating authorized Internet access to proprietary data stored on a media, with at least one of a continuously and periodically encoded sequence, and optionally compressing the encoded Internet authorization flag; (b) storing, in a media, the proprietary data and the encoded Internet authorization flag; (c) distributing said media to at least one of an Internet service provider, a site provider, a network provider, and an authorized broker of said media; and (d) providing access to the proprietary data stored on said media responsive to the Internet authorization flag indicating authorized Internet access to the proprietary data, and searching the Internet for reporting unauthorized use of said media and/or initiating a specific action.