Transformation of ephemeral material
AssigneeTestDrive Corporation
InventorsJohn W. Stringer, Theodore S. Richards
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Abstract
A bidirectional process allows remote transformation of ephemeral materials between an original form and a denatured form without changing the content of the material from its original form and without restricting the resolution, functionality, and/or utility of the original material in the denatured form. The denatured material provides both a limited use form, which allows temporary full function evaluation of the material; and an enabled form, which allows unrestricted full function use of the material. A security system supervises conversion of the denatured material from the limited use form to the enabled form.
Claims20
An apparatus for transformation of ephemeral materials, comprising:
- a denaturing module for separating a portion of original material from said original material to produce a denatured version of the original material that is functionally identical to the original material, said denatured version including said separated portion and a residual portion of said original material, wherein said separated portion and said residual portion of said original material are physically stored on the same medium.
An apparatus for transformation of ephemeral materials, in which a portion of original material has been separated from said original material to produce a denatured version of the original material that is functionally identical to the original material, said denatured version including at least said separated portion and a residual portion of said original material, comprising:
- a trial module for supervising recombination of said separated portion with said residual portion of said original material to allow limited access to said original material;
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- a transaction module for enabling unrestricted access to said original material by recombining said separated portion and said residual portion of said original material.
A process for bidirectional transformation of ephemeral materials, comprising the step of:
- separating a portion of original material from said original material to produce a denatured version of the original material that is functionally identical to the original material, said denatured version including said separated portion and a residual portion of said original material, wherein said separated portion and said residual portion of said original material are physically stored on the same medium.
A process for bidirectional transformation of ephemeral materials, in which a portion of original material from said original material to produce a denatured version of the original material that is functionally identical to the original material, said denatured version including at least said separated portion and a residual portion of said original material, comprising the steps of:
- supervising recombination of said separated portion with said residual portion of said original material to allow limited access to said original material;
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- enabling unrestricted access to said original material by recombining said separated portion and said residual portion of said original material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.