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Re: Company Awarded Patent for "Digital Tickets" (was Re: GigaLaw.com

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Tue Jul 31 16:42:31 2001

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:33:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Peter Wayner <pcw2@flyzone.com>,
	"R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>,
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	cryptography@wasabisystems.com, coderpunks@toad.com
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On 31 Jul 2001, Derek Atkins wrote:

> This also looks very similar to my Master's Thesis, where I even use
> the term "digital ticket"!  Sheesh.

It also sounds a lot like Kerberos.

> Peter Wayner <pcw2@flyzone.com> writes:
> 
> > I discuss this in both editiions of _Digital Cash_. I wonder if this 
> > is prior art that reads against the patent.
> > 
> > -Peter
> 
> -- 
>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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