Patent ID: 7603701

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a trusted intermediary computer screen user interface, to which a given human trusted intermediary is given access upon presenting his or her trusted intermediary credentials to a trusted intermediary computer system including the trusted intermediary computer screen user interface, the given human trusted intermediary obtaining access to the trusted intermediary computer screen user interface upon being approached by a human authorized information seeker different than and independent from the given human trusted intermediary; an identification information input to receive, via the trusted intermediary interacting with the trusted intermediary computer screen user interface, information identifying an authorized information seeker seeking access to protected content, to which the information seeker is already authorized to access, the access being sought by the authorized information seeker being sought at a remote database via an internet protocol connection; an authorization confirmation display to display to the trusted intermediary, via the trusted intermediary computer screen user interface, that the authorized information seeker is confirmed as authorized to access the remote database; an access code request input to request, via the trusted intermediary interacting with the trusted intermediary computer screen user interface, an access code for use by the authorized information seeker to access the remote database via the internet protocol connection; and an access code output to output the access code for use by the authorized information seeker.