Method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information
First Claim
1. A method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information in a digital communications network from a sender to a receiver, comprising the steps of:
- encrypting said package of information;
providing said encrypted package of information to the receiver; and
providing to a third party an encryption key having such a format that it is unable to decrypt said package of information, said encryption key, upon positive identification of the receiver, being providable from said third party to the receiver, and enabling, with the involvement of a supplementary encryption key of the receiver, decryption of the package of information.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information in a digital communications network from a sender to a receiver. According to the method a package of information is encrypted and provided to the receiver. A third party is provided with an encryption key having such a format that it is unable to decrypt said package of information. The encryption key is, upon positive identification of the receiver, providable from said third party to the receiver, and enables, with the involvement of a supplementary encryption key of the receiver, decryption of the package of information.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information in a digital communications network from a sender to a receiver, comprising the steps of:
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encrypting said package of information;
providing said encrypted package of information to the receiver; and
providing to a third party an encryption key having such a format that it is unable to decrypt said package of information, said encryption key, upon positive identification of the receiver, being providable from said third party to the receiver, and enabling, with the involvement of a supplementary encryption key of the receiver, decryption of the package of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 31, 32)
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14. A method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information in a digital communications network from a sender to a receiver, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from the sender of an encrypted package of information an encryption key which, with the involvement of a supplementary encryption key of the receiver, enables decryption of said package of information;
identifying the receiver of said package of information; and
providing said received encryption key to the receiver upon positive identification of the same. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of enabling secure transfer of a package of information in a digital communications network from a sender to a receiver, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining said package of information, which is encrypted, from the sender;
being positively identified by a third party;
obtaining from said third party an encryption key having such a format that it is unable to decrypt said package of information, said third party having obtained the encryption key from the sender; and
decrypting said package of information by means of said obtained encryption key with the involvement of a supplementary encryption key. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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