Patents Assigned to Achates Reference Publishing, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for distributing information products
    Patent number: 6173403
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for distributing information products is described that comprises: receiving an encrypted launch code; decrypting the encrypted launch code with a string, R, as the key to recover a first candidate authentication code and an indicium of a first information product; and installing the first information product onto the computer when the candidate authorization code matches a first known authorization code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Achates Reference Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Paul DeMont