Patent ID: 7542989

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of identifying potential unauthorized distribution of copyrighted information, the copyrighted information including (i) copyrighted items, and (ii) a history of use in a test environment of each of the copyrighted items by a copyright owner, the copyrighted items being test questions given to applicants in the test environment, the method comprising: (a) providing a database file of the copyrighted information including: (i) the copyrighted items, and (ii) a history of use in a test environment of each of the copyrighted items by the copyright owner; (b) providing a source of items from an entity other than the copyright owner which contains items that are potentially in violation of the copyrighted items; (c) automatically comparing in a computer the copyrighted items in the database file of copyrighted information with the items in the source of items, and identifying any items in the source of items that are potentially in violation of a copyrighted item due to similarities with the copyrighted items; and (d) displaying the identified items in association with the copyrighted items that are potentially being violated and the history of use in a test environment of each of the copyrighted items by the copyright owner that are potentially being violated.