US Patent Issued to Smartflash Technologies on May 17 for "Data Storage and Access Systems" (Null, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 20 -- United States Patent no. 7,942,317, issued on May 17, was assigned to Smartflash Technologies Ltd. ( Tortola, UNKNOWN).

"Data Storage and Access Systems" was invented by Patrick Racz (Saint Heller, Jersey) and Hermen-ard Hulst (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract released by the U.

S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data storage and access systems are described for downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, non-volatile data memory for storing received content data and non-volatile payment validation memory for providing payment validation data to an external device. The carrier may also store a record of access made to the stored content, and content use rules for controlling access to the stored content. Preferred embodiments store further access control data and supplementary data such as hot links to web sites and/or advertising data. A complementary data access terminal, data supply computer system and data access device are also described. The combination of payment data and stored content data and, in preferred embodiments, use rule data, helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to data such as compressed music and video data, especially over the Internet."

The patent was filed on Jan. 15, 2008, under Application No. 12/014,558.

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