US 11,943,206 B2
System and method for authorized digital content distribution
David J. Marples, Notts (GB); and John R. Wullert, II, Martinsville, NJ (US)
Assigned to Nytell Software LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Nytell Software LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,922.
Application 16/737,679 is a division of application No. 14/753,385, filed on Jun. 29, 2015, granted, now 10,536,435, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 17/888,922 is a continuation of application No. 16/737,679, filed on Jan. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,431,685.
Application 14/753,385 is a continuation of application No. 11/341,172, filed on Jan. 26, 2006, granted, now 9,077,691, issued on Jul. 7, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/647,044, filed on Jan. 26, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394021 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01); G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/10 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/12 (2013.01); H04L 2209/24 (2013.01); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a user computing device configured to be in communication with a second computing device and a controller computing device to receive digital content from the second computing device;
the user computing device configured to:
send a request to receive the digital content from the second computing device;
notify the controller computing device of the request to receive the digital content from the second computing device, the controller computing device in communication with the second computing device and configured to receive authorization from the second computing device to send the digital content to the user computing device;
receive the digital content from the second computing device in an encrypted form;
receive a decryption key from the controller computing device;
decrypt the encrypted form of the digital content using the decryption key to return the digital content to an original form.