Patent ID: 6948063

Claim:
A networked system for accessing information, comprising: a first network station, representing a first network entity, configured to control access to information stored on a network for a third network entity, and to encrypt a first component message with a first crypto-key associated with the first network entity; a second network station, representing a second network entity, configured to control access to the network by the third network entity, to encrypt a second component message with a second crypto-key, to combine the encrypted first and the encrypted second component messages, and to transmit the combined messages over the network; and a third network station, representing the third network entity, configured to receive the transmitted combined messages and to further transmit the received combined messages over the network in order to obtain access to the stored information; wherein the first network station is further configured to receive the further transmitted combined messages, to decrypt the encrypted first and the encrypted second component messages in the received further transmitted combined messages, and to control access by the third network station to the stored information based on the decrypted first and second component messages.