Method and system for a file encryption and monitoring system

• US 20040054893A1
• Filed: 09/18/2002
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anthony Ellis
• Original Assignee: Anthony Ellis
• Inventors: Ellis, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US10/065,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20040054893A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/165
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1077 Recurrent authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering

Abstract

A system designed for file encryption and monitoring that allows remote access verification for individual files and allows the File Owner to control access permission and usage of file by specific user or group of users. The purpose of the system is to encrypt and automatically distribute protected file to authorized users, and then monitor file usage by specific users, control individual usage rights of protected files once they have been given to user, contact users via messaging function, sort, search and export specific users or groups of users. It does this by: Secure encryption of file using high level encryption algorithm; Creation of password key templates which contain access rights set by the author. The system can associate the file with one or a group of key templates; Automatic addition of authorized user. This can be done via third party payment system or by File Owner.

Claims

1. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information comprising:

Securing encryption and secure distribution of a file or digital information using a download generating script;

Installing a monitoring component at user end; and

having monitoring component checks file access rights at time intervals through a communication means and having monitoring component control access to file or digital information based on password rights retrieved from remote server.

2. The method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, wherein access and usage rights to the file can be changed or revoked.

3. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, said securing encryption is done by a File Owner.

4. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, said securing encryption is done by a File Owner on File Owner'"'"'s computing device and then uploaded to an access site using a communication means.

5. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, said securing encryption is done by a File Owner on File Owner'"'"'s computing device and then uploaded to a server using a communication means.

6. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, said monitoring component checks file password rights at time intervals through a communication means to a remote server.

7. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, said monitoring component checks file password rights through a communication means to a remote server when the file is accessed.

8. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, allowing a File Owner to change access and usage rights to a given file.

9. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas, allowing a File Owner to change access and usage rights for a given End User.

10. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having an auto-generation of password for file access and having said password being used by the access monitor to control the access rights to the file.

11. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the step of having a password being used by the monitoring control unit to control the access rights to the file.

12. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having an auto-generation of password for file access and having said password being used by the monitoring control unit to control the access rights to the file.

13. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the step of distributing the file manually.

14. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the step of distributing the file automatically.

15. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the step of distributing the file automatically using API integration.

16. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas having an administrator function.

17. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of allowing the End User to move the file from one computing device to another.

18. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of allowing the End User to move the file from one computing device to another by unregistering the file and reregistering the file.

19. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having an access control database on a computing device.

20. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having an access control database on a computing device with data for each file user.

21. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having user management database on a computing device.

22. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having user management database on a computing device with data for each file user.

23. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information of claim 1, whereas including the steps of having the ability to send instant messages users instantly via the monitoring component.

24. A method of controlling usage and distribution of electronic information, comprising:

Having an FS Encryption Utility function, Having an FS Rights Enforcement Monitor function Having a File Secure File Owner Server, Having a Database Management Server, Having a Access Management Server, Having a File Distribution Server; and

Having a Message Monitoring System.