Patent ID: 8332910
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: F05B,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of selectively controlling communication between a data source and a subscriber, said method comprising: receiving, from the data source, a stream of obfuscated data at a supervisory processor wherein the data source is a computer coupled to a gas turbine system; deobfuscating the obfuscated data in the stream; enabling the subscriber to have access to the stream of data; controlling transmission of the stream of data from the supervisory processor to the subscriber based on a configuration of the supervisory processor, wherein controlling transmission of the stream of data comprises selectively deobfuscating the obfuscated data in the stream; determining that the subscriber has failed to satisfy at least one predefined obligation in a data sharing agreement between an owner of the stream of data and the subscriber; and receiving a disabling configuration instruction at the supervisory processor which alters the configuration of the supervisory processor, wherein the altered configuration of the supervisory processor renders the stream of data that is accessible by the subscriber unusable by the subscriber by not deobfuscating the obfuscated data in the stream.