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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Christopher Tofts, Bristol, GB;
James Thomas Edward Mcdonnell, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Tofts, Bristol, GB;
James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods are described for securing access to an electronic annotation provided on an object. The methods include the steps of providing the object with a plurality of memory tags, providing an electronic annotation on at least one of the memory tags, and defining a sequence in which the memory tags must be accessed in order to access the annotation. A corresponding object is also described.