Management of digital copies of registrations using mobile devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDaniel A. Gisolfi, Richard Redpath
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Abstract
A master digital copy of a registration is transmitted. The registration is proof that a physical object has been registered with a registration authority. A valid peripheral digital copy of the registration is received. The valid peripheral digital copy of the registration was made from the master digital copy of the registration and is incapable of being used to make other valid digital copies of the registration.
Claims20
A system for managing digital copies of a registration of a specified physical object with a registration authority, the system comprising:
- at least one computer, the at least one computer configured to:
- transmit a master digital copy of the registration to a first mobile device, the registration being proof that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority;
- and
- receive from a second mobile device a valid stationary digital copy of the registration showing that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority, the valid stationary digital copy of the registration having been made by the first mobile device from the master digital copy of the registration and sent from the first mobile device to the second mobile device and including a security feature preventing the valid stationary digital copy of the registration from being used to make other valid digital copies of the registration that would show registration of the specified physical object with the registration authority to limit copying of the registration, and said stationary digital copy of the registration being validly transferrable between said second mobile device and only selected specified other computing devices
A method of managing digital copies of a registration of a specified physical object with a registration authority, the method comprising:
- transmitting a master digital copy of the registration to a first mobile device, the registration being proof that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority;
- and
- receiving from a second mobile device a valid stationary digital copy of the registration showing that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority, the valid stationary digital copy of the registration having been made by the first mobile device from the master digital copy of the registration and sent from the first mobile device to the second mobile device and including a security feature preventing the valid stationary digital copy of the registration from being used to make other valid digital copies of the registration that would show registration of the specified physical object with the registration authority to limit copying of the registration, and said stationary digital copy of the registration being validly transferrable between said second mobile device and only selected specified other computing devices
A computer program product for managing digital copies of a registration of a specified physical object with a registration authority, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by at least one computer to cause the at least one computer to:
- transmit a master digital copy of the registration to a first mobile device, the registration being proof that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority;
- and
- receive from a second mobile device a valid stationary digital copy of the registration showing that the specified physical object has been registered with the registration authority, the valid stationary digital copy of the registration having been made by the first mobile device from the master digital copy of the registration and sent from the first mobile device to the second mobile device, and including a security feature preventing the valid stationary digital copy of the registration from being used to make other valid digital copies of the registration that would show registration of the specified physical object with the registration authority to limit copying of the registration, and said stationary digital copy of the registration being validly transferrable between said second mobile device and only selected specified other computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.