System and method for secure communication
First Claim
1. Computer-based system for secure communication of electronic messages, the system comprising a secure messaging server being accessible to messaging users via a telecommunication network and being designed to store incoming messages received from the messaging users, a database for storing data of the messaging users, one or more in- and outgoing automatic message handlers that automatically handle in- and outgoing messages according to the data of the messaging users stored in the database a trust management module for managing the messaging users out-of-band verification of their communication partners, the trust management module forming in the database associations between the messaging users and their communication partners, each association being indicative of a trust establishing out-of-band verification of one communication partner of one of the messaging users, and access control module(s) controlling access to a stored message based on the association between one of the messaging users specified as a sender (S) of the message and one of the communication partners specified as a recipient (R) of the message.
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Abstract
A system (1) for secure communication comprises a secure electronic messaging server (11) which is accessible by the public and a database (12) for storing data of messaging users. The data comprise the tracking of trust establishing out-of-band verification and the monitoring of the trust relations derived thereof, messaging user-based instructions related to the handling of incoming mails, wherein the instructions comprise information related to an at least one security level chosen by the messaging user. The system (1) comprises means to automatically handle in- and outgoing mails according to these instructions. This system (1) allows transmitting messages privately and securely with minimum prerequisites for its users. The inventive system (1) allows a secure transmitting of messages between a sender (S) and a recipient (R), wherein only one of the two parties is a messaging user.
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13 Claims
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1. Computer-based system for secure communication of electronic messages, the system comprising
a secure messaging server being accessible to messaging users via a telecommunication network and being designed to store incoming messages received from the messaging users, a database for storing data of the messaging users, one or more in- and outgoing automatic message handlers that automatically handle in- and outgoing messages according to the data of the messaging users stored in the database a trust management module for managing the messaging users out-of-band verification of their communication partners, the trust management module forming in the database associations between the messaging users and their communication partners, each association being indicative of a trust establishing out-of-band verification of one communication partner of one of the messaging users, and access control module(s) controlling access to a stored message based on the association between one of the messaging users specified as a sender (S) of the message and one of the communication partners specified as a recipient (R) of the message.
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11. Computer program product including
computer program code controller(s) for controlling one or more processors of a system for secure communication of electronic messages such that the system receives in a message server messages from messaging users via a telecommunication network, that the server stores incoming messages received from the messaging users, and that the system stores data of the messaging users in a database, and; further computer program code controller(s) for controlling the processors of the system such that the system manages for the messaging users out-of-band verification of electronic messaging users and their communication partners, the system forming in the database associations between the messaging users and their communication partners, each association being indicative of a trust establishing out-of-band verification of one communication partner of one of the messaging users, and that the system controls access to a stored message based on the association between one of the messaging users specified as a sender (S) of the message and one of the communication partners specified as a recipient (R) of the message. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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12. Computer-implemented method for secure communication of electronic messages, including
receiving in a secure messaging server incoming messages from messaging users via a telecommunication network, storing the messages received from the messaging users, and storing data of the messaging users in a database, managing in the server for the messaging users out-of-band verification of electronic messaging users and their communication partners, associations between the messaging users and their communication partners being formed in the database, each association being indicative of a trust establishing out-of-band verification of one communication partner of one of the messaging users, and controlling in the server access to a stored message based on the association between one of the messaging users specified as a sender (S) of the message and one of the communication partners specified as a recipient (R) of the message.
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