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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2004
Andrzej Pastusiak, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun K. Sacheti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ting Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Deuane Martin, Seattle, WA (US);
Josh D. Benaloh, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh Kuppuswamy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrzej Pastusiak, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun K. Sacheti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ting Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Deuane Martin, Seattle, WA (US);
Josh D. Benaloh, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh Kuppuswamy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for generation, distribution and verification of tokens are described. In an implementation, a method is described in which a value of an offer is determined and a token for representing the offer is generated. The token has a number of characters based on the determination of the value of the offer.