WO1999044161A1 - A service access method and interface - Google Patents
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- WO1999044161A1 WO1999044161A1 PCT/AU1999/000120 AU9900120W WO9944161A1 WO 1999044161 A1 WO1999044161 A1 WO 1999044161A1 AU 9900120 W AU9900120 W AU 9900120W WO 9944161 A1 WO9944161 A1 WO 9944161A1
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- G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
- G06F21/30—Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
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- G06F2221/21—Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
- G06F2221/2137—Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
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- the present invention relates to a method of accessing a service, a service access interface and a process of attaching an access code to a product.
- Manufacturers of goods are continually dealing with another problem which is securing brand loyalty for their goods.
- One technique of trying to engender some form of brand loyalty from consumers involves packaging the goods with additional gifts, which a purchaser can avail themselves of after purchasing a product.
- the gift may be a toy or a token which forms part of a set to be collected.
- Inclusion of the gifts with the goods involves considerable additional expense to the manufacturers which ultimately is passed on to consumers. Accordingly a manufacturing process is desired which alleviates this cost but achieves the same effect.
- Service providers such as television broadcasters, also wish to attract loyalty for their products, such as television programs.
- a method of providing access to a service including disclosing a unique access code provided with a product, said access code providing access to said service for a predetermined period of time.
- the present invention further provides a service access interface including means for allowing access to a service for a predetermined period of time on entry of a unique access code provided with a product.
- Advantageously products can be provided with unique access codes, respectively, which can only be obtained after purchase or use of the products.
- the access codes would each allow access to the service for the period of time.
- the present invention further provides a process of attaching a unique access code to a product, including deriving said unique access code from a number for said product, and adding said access code to said product such that the access code can only be obtained on using or purchasing said product, said access code providing access to a service for a predetermined period of time.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a manufacturing system
- Figure 2 is a flow diagram of a preferred embodiment of a service access interface
- Figure 3 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a computer device
- Figure 4 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a computer system.
- a manufacturing system 2 as shown in Figure 1, is used to manufacture goods, for - 3
- the system 2 uses existing computer controlled manufacturing equipment with its software altered to print additional data on the goods.
- the bottles 4 travel down a different path 6 to the caps or tops 8 which are to be placed on the bottles 4 by a capping machine 10.
- a labelling machine 12 is used to print and place labels on the bottles 4, and each bottle is marked with a serial or batch number on the label.
- the batch numbers for the bottles are sequential so that the date of manufacture can be identified from the batch numbers. This allows batches to be identified and withdrawn from public consumption, if necessary.
- the labelling machine 12 includes additional encryption software 14 which allows each batch number to be encrypted with a secret key to produce a unique and pseudo-random number from each batch number.
- the pseudo-random numbers are not sequential and can be used as access codes for a service, as described hereinafter.
- the encryption algorithm used can be one of a variety of known encryption algorithms, such as RSA and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), provided a secret key is used for encryption as opposed to a public key.
- PGP Pretty Good Privacy
- the access code derived from a batch number for a bottle 4 is printed on the inside of the cap 8 for that bottle by the labelling machine 12. Therefore once the cap is placed on the bottle by the capping machine 10, the access code can only be obtained by breaking the seal on the cap and opening the bottle. This should ensure that an access code can only be obtained by a consumer once the soft drink bottle has been purchased by the consumer.
- the access code provides the purchaser with a single access to a service for a time t, for no extra charge.
- the service may be an entertainment service provided using a computer device 50, such as PC, which stores and executes a service access interface 20, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
- a service available via the Internet 52 such as a multi-player video game service
- the service interface 20 may be stored on a server 54 of the Internet and components of the interface 20, such as HTML pages and JavaTM scripts and code, downloaded to a purchaser's or user's computer 56, as shown in Figure 4.
- the interface 20 initially presents a screen which requires a user, at step 22, to enter the unique access code provided with the purchased good.
- the access code is then decrypted, at step 24, using the same encryption algorithm as the software 14 used in the manufacturing system 2, to obtain the corresponding batch number.
- the batch number is then compared with ranges of valid batch numbers stored on the server or computer storing the interface 20, at step 26.
- the batch number derived from the access code must fall within a valid batch number range to obtain access to the service, otherwise operation of the interface 20 returns back to step 22.
- Relating the access codes to the batch numbers has the significant advantage that valid accesses can be determined by comparison with sequential batch number ranges rather than attempting to make a comparison with an extremely large number of pseudo-random access codes for each and every good sold. Also once a batch is removed from the retail or wholesale market prior to sale, the access codes associated with the goods for these batches can be simply disabled by removing the batch number ranges for the batches from the computer or server storing the access interface 20.
- step 28 access will be allowed to the service and the interface proceeds to step 28 where the user is asked to identify himself/herself. If the user is a new user, a unique username is assigned or established at step 30, otherwise the user simply enters his/her username at step 32. Once the username is entered, the interface provides the username to the software of the service so as to allow any stored parameters or data for the user to be retrieved. This may include for a video game, game play levels previously achieved or last known status in a game for the user. Access is only allowed for a set time t, and therefore the interface 20 continually determines at step 38 whether the time t has expired and if not decrements that time accordingly at step 36 as it elapses.
- the interface 20, at step 40 instructs the service softwar e to save any updated parameters or data against the username for the user's recent access to the service.
- the interface 20 instructs access to the service to cease and removes the batch number for the unique access code from the set of valid batch numbers stored on the server or computer. The ensures that an access code cannot be used again to exceed the time t and requires the user to make a further purchase of the good to obtain another access code for a
- the time t can be varied as desired and the interface 20 may include the facility to allow users to log off a service when the time t has not been fully utilised and then reuse an access code to gain access to the service again until the time t has expired.
- the service access method and interface described above is particularly advantageous as users can gain access to a service simply by purchasing or availing themselves of a particular good, and no other financial transaction, off-line or otherwise, needs to occur.
- the manufacturing process for goods is also considerably simplified as only an access code needs to be derived and printed in an effort to engender brand loyalty from consumers. Consumers who wish to access the service for more than the allocated time t will wish to continue to buy brands or watch programs which provide access codes.
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AU32404/99A AU3240499A (en) | 1998-02-27 | 1999-02-26 | A service access method and interface |
EP99936135A EP1064612A4 (en) | 1998-02-27 | 1999-02-26 | A service access method and interface |
CA002321522A CA2321522A1 (en) | 1998-02-27 | 1999-02-26 | A service access method and interface |
JP2000533842A JP2002505486A (en) | 1998-02-27 | 1999-02-26 | Service access methods and interfaces |
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AUPP2058A AUPP205898A0 (en) | 1998-02-27 | 1998-02-27 | A service access method and interface |
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