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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Stefan Roever, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Kevin Collins, Folsom, CA (US);
Josh C. Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex F. Clark, Campbell, CA (US);
James Bruce, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Stefan Roever, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Kevin Collins, Folsom, CA (US);
Josh C. Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex F. Clark, Campbell, CA (US);
James Bruce, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Navio Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A title management apparatus resident on a first computer including a memory for storing a control program and data, and a processor for executing the control program and for managing the data. The apparatus includes user data resident in the memory including a set of user security indicia. The apparatus also includes a first title object resident in the memory including a title structure, the title structure further comprising a content element, a set of attributes, and a set of title object security indicia. The apparatus further includes a set of stub objects coupled to the title object, wherein the set of stub objects can further optimize the title structure; an authorization structure configured to selectively redeem the content element based at least in part of the user security indicia; and, a title management structure configured to associate a user with the first title object based at least in part of the user data and the title attributes.