Patent ID: 8185478
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a first party with data content, the method performed by a first computer system comprising a processor and a memory encoded with program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method, the method comprising: receiving at the first computer system data content from a second party, wherein the data content has been encrypted by a computer system associated with a third party; computing, at the first computer system, a first hash of at least a portion of the received encrypted data content; sending, by the first computer system, the first hash to a fourth party, wherein the fourth party is operable to compare at least a portion of the first hash to at least a portion of a second hash; receiving, at the first computer system, a decryption key from the fourth party; and decrypting, at the first computer system, at least the portion of the received encrypted data content with the decryption key.