Patent ID: 8880433

Claim:
A system for facilitating authentication and authorization of use of a mark of a mark owner, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a first request from a reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner; registering the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner; associating the reseller server with an authorization level that allows the reseller server to use the mark of the mark owner; receiving information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level; changing, based on receipt of the information indicating that the reseller server is not authorized to use the mark of the mark owner at the authorization level, the authorization level associated with the reseller server; receiving a second request from the reseller server to access the mark of the mark owner; and providing access to a manipulated version of the mark of the mark owner that reflects a change in the authorization level associated with the reseller server since registering the reseller server.