Apparatus for capturing information as a file and enhancing the file with embedded information
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording information, comprising:
- a capture device for capturing the information;
a local verification device for indelibly marking the captured information with a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, and a representation of the location information defining the location of said capture device at the time of capture of the information, such that said representation of the date, time and location information becomes a portion of the captured information as bound captured information;
placing the bound captured information in combination with the owner information in a predefined secure transmission file formatted to be uniquely recognized by a secure storage facility;
a transmitter for transmitting the secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the secure storage facility is operable to store bound captured information in association with the creator and owner of the bound captured information in such a manner that the transmitted secure transmission file is searchable at the secure storage facility by predetermined search parameters; and
the secure storage facility generating an acknowledgment of the receipt of the transmitted secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the acknowledgment has associated therewith at least a portion of the information contained within the transmitted secure transmission file.
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Abstract
Forensic communication apparatus and method. An apparatus is disclosed for recording image or other data in real time. The apparatus includes a capture device for capturing the image or other information. Once captured, a local verification device is operable to indelibly mark the captured image or other information with a representation of date, time, location and information identifying the creator of the data and location of the capture device. A transmitter is provided for transmitting the locally verified captured image or other information in real time to a secure storage facility. The capture device is operable, after the locally verified captured image or other information is transmitted to the secure storage facility, to receive and verify acknowledgment of the receipt of the transmitted locally verified captured image or other information to the storage facility.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording information, comprising:
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a capture device for capturing the information;
a local verification device for indelibly marking the captured information with a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, and a representation of the location information defining the location of said capture device at the time of capture of the information, such that said representation of the date, time and location information becomes a portion of the captured information as bound captured information;
placing the bound captured information in combination with the owner information in a predefined secure transmission file formatted to be uniquely recognized by a secure storage facility;
a transmitter for transmitting the secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the secure storage facility is operable to store bound captured information in association with the creator and owner of the bound captured information in such a manner that the transmitted secure transmission file is searchable at the secure storage facility by predetermined search parameters; and
the secure storage facility generating an acknowledgment of the receipt of the transmitted secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the acknowledgment has associated therewith at least a portion of the information contained within the transmitted secure transmission file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for recording images for secure transmission to a secure storage facility, comprising:
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a capture device for capturing a image and said capture device is owned and controlled by an owner;
a local verification device for indelibly marking the captured image with the a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, and a representation of the location of said capture device at the approximate time of capture of the image, such that said representation of the date, time and location information becomes an integral portion of the captured image as a bound image file;
a signature device for creating owner information identifying the creator and owner of the bound image file and placing the bound image file in combination with the owner data in a predefined secure transmission file formatted to be uniquely recognized by a secure storage facility;
an encryption device for encrypting the bound image file with a first level of encryption to provided an encrypted file, which first level of encryption constitutes a symmetrical encryption algorithm that has a secret key available only to the owner and wherein the encrypted file is placed in combination with owner information identifying the creator and owner of the bound image file in a predefined secure transmission file formatted to be uniquely recognized by a secure storage facility, wherein the secure storage facility is operable to store only the encrypted file in association with the owner;
a transmitter for transmitting the secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the secure storage facility is operable to store bound captured information in association with the owner; and
the secure facility generating an acknowledgment of the receipt of the transmitted secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the acknowledgment has associated therewith at least a portion of the information contained within the transmitted secure transmission file. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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