Patent ID: 7702591

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: requesting a permit from a consumer subsystem to a providing node; notifying an authorizing node to generate the permit by the providing node; generating the permit by the authorizing node; delivering the permit from the authorizing node to the consumer subsystem without conveying identification indicia of the authorizing node; receiving at a reconciling node at least two reports of a plurality of reports during a time period, wherein the plurality of reports include a permit request report, a permit delivery report, a product delivery request report, a product delivery commencement report, and a product delivery completion report; conveying electronic digital data in a protected transfer to deliver a product by the providing node to the consumer subsystem in accordance with the permit; identifying tuples of related reports from the plurality of reports; determining whether a report of a tuple is unmatched; determining whether a tuple is incomplete; and providing notice of a breach of security in accordance with at least one of whether a report of a tuple is unmatched and whether a tuple is incomplete.