The US PTO issued Internet Data Usage Control Systems on January 17, 2023. The patent grants broad coverage for JLINC, which provides a new mechanism to control how data may be used after it is exchanged.
JLINC Technical Philosophy provides a concise background rooted in the lineage of ideas that led up to the JLINC protocol, and explains how it achieves a new paradigm for data exchange on the internet.
The JLINC Protocol is the interoperable solution for transparent crypto-contracts – cryptographically signed 'data exchange contracts'.