Automated electronic messaging encryption system
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1. An automated encryption system for encrypting an electronic message from a sender to a recipient comprising:
- a computer readable medium;
a network port in communication with said computer readable medium for accessing a set of public key data having a public key associated with the recipient, a set of computer readable encryption instructions embodied in said computer readable medium for;
receiving said electronic message from the sender addressed to the recipient, retrieving said public key associated with the recipient from said public key data via said network connection, encrypting said electronic message according to said public key associated with the recipient, and, forwarding said encrypted message to the recipient for subsequent retrieval so that the electronic message is automatically encrypted and delivered to the recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method of automating the management of public and private key pairs of a sender and recipient of electronic messages over a network and for retrieving public keys of senders or recipients from secured servers, local key rings, PKI server, or Certificate Authority without requiring client-side software or user maintenance.
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19 Claims
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1. An automated encryption system for encrypting an electronic message from a sender to a recipient comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
a network port in communication with said computer readable medium for accessing a set of public key data having a public key associated with the recipient, a set of computer readable encryption instructions embodied in said computer readable medium for;
receiving said electronic message from the sender addressed to the recipient, retrieving said public key associated with the recipient from said public key data via said network connection, encrypting said electronic message according to said public key associated with the recipient, and, forwarding said encrypted message to the recipient for subsequent retrieval so that the electronic message is automatically encrypted and delivered to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated encryption system for decrypting an electronic message from a sender to a recipient comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
a set of private key data embodied within said computer readable medium having a private key associated with the recipient;
a set of computer readable decryption instructions embodied within said computer readable medium for;
receiving said electronic message from the sender to the recipient, retrieving said private key associated with the recipient from said set of private key data, decrypting said electronic message according to said private key, and, providing said decrypted message to the recipient so that the recipient automatically retrieves and decrypts an electronic encrypted message without manually managing private keys. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized system for encrypting an electronic message from a sender to a recipient comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
a means for receiving an electronic message from a sender to a recipient embodied in said computer readable medium;
a means for obtaining a public key associated with the recipient;
a means for encrypting said electronic message according to said public key; and
,a means for forwarding said encrypted electronic message to the recipient for subsequent decryption and retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An automated encryption system for decrypting an electronic message from a sender to a recipient comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
a set of encrypted private key data embodied within said computer readable medium having an encrypted private key associated with the recipient encrypted according to a password supplied by the sender;
a set of computer readable decryption instructions embodied within said computer readable medium for;
receiving said electronic message from the sender to the recipient, retrieving said encrypted private key associated wit the recipient from said set of private key data, attempting to decrypt said private key according to said access attempt input so that said access attempt input can be validated, decrypting said electronic message according to said private key if said access attempt input is valid, and, providing said decrypted message to the recipient so that the recipient automatically retrieves and decrypts an electronic encrypted message without manually managing private keys.
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