Method and system for secure distribution and utilization of data over a network
AssigneeSafeNet, Inc.
InventorsKaijun Tan, Michael L. Cochran, Logan Badia
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Abstract
A method for distributing data over a network includes the steps of establishing a secure connection between a client and a server; issuing a certificate and a private key to the client for identifying the client in a transaction; storing the certificate and the private key in a portable token of the client and used by the client during a transaction, the portable token including a unique distinguishing number and being a physical device removeably coupleable to a client computer; and generating a message linking the data being distributed to the client with at least part of the distinguishing number for the token used by the client during a transaction.
Claims11
A method for distributing data over a network comprising:
- establishing a secure connection between a client and a server;
- issuing a certificate and a private key to the client for identifying the client in a transaction;
- storing the certificate and the private key in a portable token of the client and used by the client during a transaction, the portable token including a permanent unique distinguishing number and being a physical device removeably coupleable to a client computer;
- using the certificate by the client to obtain data from the server in a form the client by itself is unable to use;
- generating a message associating the data with the distinguishing number for the token;
- after obtaining by the client the data and the message, obtaining by the client the distinguishing number of the token from the token;
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- using the message and the distinguishing number of the token obtained from the token by the client to enable client use of the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.