Electronic book encryption and copy prevention method
AssigneeInventec Appliances Corp.
InventorsCheng-Shing Lai, Ai-Min Yu
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Abstract
The invention is to provide an electronic book encryption and copy prevention method in which after an electronic device downloads a said electronic book from a wireless communications network, the said electronic book is decrypted by executing a corresponding decryption program and code key, following which reading is enabled; as a result, when reading the correct data content of an electronic book enabled by the method of the invention herein, not only is its corresponding decryption program and specific code key required, but the said decryption program and specific code key directly responds to the data output of the said electronic book.
Claims10
An electronic book encryption and copy prevention method consisting of the specific code key encryption of electronic book data content such that after an electronic device downloads a said electronic book from a wireless communications network, the said electronic book is decrypted by executing a corresponding decryption program and code key, following which reading is enabled;
- furthermore, a copy prevention counter is included in the data content of the said electronic book, the said counter imposing a set limit as to the utilization of the said electronic book by the user such that when the said electronic book is copied, the copying of the said electronic book commences after the recognition and processing of the said counter.
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