Confidential information management system and information terminal for use in the system
First Claim
1. A confidential information management system, comprising:
- a confidential information managing server for storing and managing confidential information files each in an encoded form in such a manner that each of the confidential information files is available to only an authorized user;
an encoding/decoding software managing sever for storing and managing encoding/decoding software which encodes/decodes the individual confidential information files; and
one or more information terminals each capable of having access to both said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever via a communications network, each said information terminal having an environment such as to operate said encoding/decoding software, said information terminal being operable, after an authorized user who intends to access an individual confidential information file is verified, to download the last-named individual confidential information file and said encoding/decoding software from said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever, respectively, and to decode the downloaded confidential information file using said encoding/decoding software.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a confidential information management system which allows users to securely obtain confidential information files containing various confidential information, which files are securely stored in the present system, anywhere and anytime, using a minimum of confidential information. A confidential information file and encoding/decoding software are downloaded to an information terminal from a confidential information managing server and an encoding/decoding software managing server, respectively, so that the confidential information file is decoded on the information terminal by using the encoding/decoding software. The present system is applicable to various (computer) systems which store and manage confidential information (ID numbers, passwords, encryption keys, digital certificates, etc.) for use in user verification.
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44 Claims
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1. A confidential information management system, comprising:
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a confidential information managing server for storing and managing confidential information files each in an encoded form in such a manner that each of the confidential information files is available to only an authorized user;
an encoding/decoding software managing sever for storing and managing encoding/decoding software which encodes/decodes the individual confidential information files; and
one or more information terminals each capable of having access to both said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever via a communications network, each said information terminal having an environment such as to operate said encoding/decoding software, said information terminal being operable, after an authorized user who intends to access an individual confidential information file is verified, to download the last-named individual confidential information file and said encoding/decoding software from said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever, respectively, and to decode the downloaded confidential information file using said encoding/decoding software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An information terminal adapted to be capable of having access to both a confidential information managing server, which stores and manages confidential information files each in an encoded form in such a manner that each of the confidential information files is available to only an authorized user, and an encoding/decoding software managing server, which stores and manages encoding/decoding software for encoding/decoding the individual confidential information files, via a communications network, wherein:
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said information terminal has an environment such as to operate said encoding/decoding software; and
after an authorized user who intends to access an individual confidential information file is verified, said information terminal is operable to download the last-named individual confidential information file and said encoding/decoding software from the confidential information managing server and the encoding/decoding software managing server, respectively, and to decode the downloaded individual confidential information file using said encoding/decoding software. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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