Information distribution system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5247575
SERIAL NO

07874991

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An information distribution system provides information to a user, when the information corresponds to criteria individually selected by the user, and then charges the user only for the selected information thus provided. Encrypted information packages (IP's) are provided at the user site, via high and/or low density storage media and/or by broadcast transmission. The IP's selected by the user are decrypted and then printed or displayed for viewing by the user. The charges for the IP's thus displayed are accumulated within the user apparatus and periodically reported by telephone to the system's central accounting facility which issues encryption keys. The encryption keys, used to decrypt the IP's, are changed periodically. If the central accounting facility has not issued a new encryption key for a particular user station, the station is unable to retrieve information from the system when the key is changed.

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WAVE SYSTEMS CORP (GRANTEE)599 LEXINGTON AVE4NUE 23TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lipscomb, Thomas H 145 E. 74th St., New York, NY 10021 5 1663
Sprague, Peter J 249 Undermountain Rd., Lenox, MA 02140 10 1331

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