Safety-Zones^®

Providing the Ways to Information & Identity Theft Protection*

Legal

       The concept for Safety-Zones began several years ago as a protective feature for our budget management program, Budget-Master.com. But when we realized that it could be used in more universal ways for identity theft protection we separated it. Recognizing the immediate need and presuming that the world of electronic protection would not likely be able to keep pace with how quickly thieves can find ways to outsmart it we focused on this as our first patent. It is patent pending as E-commerce Account Holder Security Participation.

The patent was applied for August 6, 2001. We are still waiting for the US patent office to finish their review.

Liability Limit

Safety-Zones LLC's liability for any harms suffered by purchaser or subscriber that may arise, whether directly or indirectly, through the use of any product or service provided by Safety-Zones LLC is limited to the fees, if any, paid by the purchaser or subscriber for use of the product or service provided by Safety-Zones LLC.

Offer to Proceed without Patent

       Given the immediate need for a product of this type, based on the assumption that Safety-Zones LLC will soon receive a patent, we herewith offer to grant a license to approved providers based on receiving a patent and on payment of future royalties.

The license would be to use the Safety-Zones process for legal and ethical purposes in a retail product for individual use, one to each customer, until a patent is issued, at which time each provider of this product will under legal obligation pay a 6% royalty fee on all revenue collected there from or $21.6 million/year¹, whichever is higher, retroactive to the granting date, and beginning the patent date and for the life of the patent pay a 6% royalty fee on all revenue collected or $21.6 million/year¹, whichever is higher, paid quarterly, subject to the conditions set forth in a consortium license.

Licenses of exclusivity for retail purchase of identity theft protection through Safety-Zones will not be granted unless the licensee represents all providers of Safety-Zones to all retail customers, as a consortium might do. Should this be the case, a consortium license will conform to the 6% royalty fee conditions stated above adjusted to a minimum that is $21.6 million times the number of companies in the consortium or a minimum of $64.8 million/year (= $21.6 million x 3), whichever is higher, paid quarterly.

Note 1: Present value dollars - to be inflation adjusted annually. This is equivalent to 10 million customers x $36/year x 0.06 whether or not these customers actually exist . This is an attempt to prevent licensing without return and to help to insure that the value of the product reaches the society for which it is intended. All license collection fees are to be part of the licensee's costs of doing business.

Alternate proposals will be considered.

Licensing arrangements for business information protection and systems providers are also available.

Safety-Zones LLC reserves the right to select its potential licensees based on a variety of criteria, and to change the licensing conditions set forth on this page as conditions warrant.

To apply to become provider of Safety-Zones and upon approval receive a copy of the patent application, please respond first by e-mail to attorney at rsmc.com.

Protecting the Rights of Others

       Under the terms stated in 'Offer to Proceed without Patent' there is little chance of injury to a third party should it become a successful partial patent recipient or the holder of record of the complete patent because no payment is made until a patent is granted. In the meantime the process could be put in place as it only can be for the betterment of society, and a payment process is created that should work for any patent holder.

If we are notified that another party has prior invention rights to part or all of this product we will review the claim to determine its validity. If the claim is correct we will perhaps try to license the patent if that makes sense, inform you of the information belonging to the other party, and or refer you to the patent holder. If the claim is not correct we will inform the other party of what we believe is the difference. If a difference of opinion remains we will seek clarification from experts and or the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) and proceed from there.

In the meantime, please read about what we claim is our invention. Then contact your State or local representative and ask if our patent application can be given a place in line for review that is commensurate with its need.

Your Right to have Correct Information

       Our analyses of the possible costs and methods of implementation of Safety-Zones are honest attempts at solving a serious problem. If we have failed to consider something it is simply because we didn't know that it should be considered or we just forgot to include it.

If some of our logic is wrong it's because of wrong assumptions or ignorance. But if you tell us what's wrong we will learn from the mistake and report the correction in a future Status Report.

Disclaimer

Safety-Zones, as a service to society from which it benefits, is offering a method to provide information and identity theft protection. Implemented and used as designed Safety-Zones will provide information and identity theft protection to the limits of its design, but once placed in the real world it will be out of our hands and out of our control. Therefore, Safety-Zones LLC will not be held responsible for improperly designed implementation or improper use or as a party in any litigation resulting from such injury.

If you would like to contact us please send your email to diane.richardson at safety-zones.com