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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
Trevor Burbridge, London, GB;
Andrea Soppera, London, GB;
Trevor Burbridge, London, GB;
Andrea Soppera, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
Control apparatus (), systems and methods for enabling access to one or more information systems () by one or more entities () on a path across a supply network to be controlled, access to the or each information system () being policed by means of an access-policer (), the network comprising: at least one token-issuer () operable to issue an access pre-authorization token, the access pre-authorization token having associated therewith an information identifier and a digital signature, and to forward the access pre-authorization token towards one or more entities () on a path across the network; and at least one receiver entity () operable to receive an access pre-authorization token issued by the at least one token-issuer ().