Since its patent Wednesday here is a patent that I recently filed that may
interest the group:
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fneta
html%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=hallam-baker.IN.&OS=
in/hallam-baker&RS=IN/hallam-baker
The key claim is a means of accrediting end users that does not require
identity accreditation.
Imagine that you could buy a USB key fob token for approx $40 that could be
plugged into an email server to provide a source of accredited email
signatures. Each time an email message is signed the token increments a
counter, the counter is incorporated within the body of the signature. This
means that provided the integrity of the token is trustworthy the receipient
of a message can determine how many messages the sender has signed.
If a source of time is available the scheme can be extended to create a
'velocity indicator', this does not need to be trusted provided that the
recipients have access to a source of trusted time. It is also possible to
extend the scheme to enforce more general email sending policies.
The significant point here is that it is possible to demonstrate compliance
with the email sending policy without the need to authenticate the identity
of the sender. It is possible for an anonymous sender to use the scheme.
ObLegal: This message does not confer a right of use. All rights explicitly
reserved.
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