INFORMATION EXCHANGE DEVICE

• US 20080317248A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ripplex Inc. (Casio Computer Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Ripplex Inc. (Casio Computer Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ota, Tomohisa, Naono, Norihiko
• Application Number:
  US12/143,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20080317248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/255
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/166 at the transport layer

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an information exchange device. The information exchange device includes a storage device which stores information items for disclosure, an encryption device which encrypts each of the information items for disclosure using a plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure, a transmitting device which transmits the encrypted information items and the plurality of prepared secret keys, and a decryption device which receives an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of encrypted information items, receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item from among the plurality of prepared secret keys, and decrypts the selected encrypted information item using the secret key.

Claims

1. An information exchange device comprising:

a storage device which stores information items for disclosure related to a user who discloses the information items;

an encryption device which generates encrypted information items by encrypting each item of information for disclosure using a plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure;

a transmitting device which transmits the encrypted information items and the plurality of prepared secret keys; and

a decryption device which receives an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items, receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item from among the plurality of prepared secret keys, and decrypts the selected encrypted information item using the secret key.

2. The information exchange device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores flag information so that the flag information is correlated with each of the information items for disclosure, the encryption device correlates each of the encrypted information items with corresponding flag information of the information items for disclosure and stores the correlated encrypted information items in the storage device, the transmitting device transmits each encrypted information item which is correlated with corresponding flag information, and the decryption device receives the encrypted information items as a result of a search using flag information as a search key, the flag information being related to the encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items and wherein the decryption device decrypts the encrypted information item.

3. The information exchange device according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting device transmits the flag information of each of the information items for disclosure and the encrypted information items generated from each information item for disclosure to a first server, the first server storing the flag information and the encrypted information item, with the flag information being correlated with the encrypted information item, and transmits the flag information of each of the information items for disclosure and the plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure to a second server, the second server storing the flag information and the plurality of prepared secret keys, the flag information being correlated with the plurality of prepared secret keys, and the decryption device receives an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items from the first server and receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item from among the plurality of secret keys from the second server.

4. The information exchange device according to claim 1, wherein the information exchange device is formed so that the information items for disclosure and the prepared secret keys related to the information items for disclosure are independently set, changed, and erased.

5. The information exchange device according to claim 1, wherein at least one piece of the information items for disclosure includes a plurality of sub disclosure information items.

6. The information exchange device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input device in which after the information items for disclosure are displayed, disclosure information which is selected from among the plurality of information items for disclosure as information to be disclosed by the user who discloses the disclosure information to another user is specified;

wherein;

when an input which specifies the disclosure information is input to the input device, the encrypted information item related to the disclosure information is correlated with flag information related to the disclosure information and transmitted by the transmitting device.

7. The information exchange device according to claim 6, wherein the input device includes a non-disclosure input function which changes the status of the disclosure information to the non-disclosed state, and when an input which specifies the disclosure information is input to the input device, an erase command is generated which erases one or more of the disclosure information, the encrypted information item related to the disclosure information or a prepared secret key which is used to encrypt the disclosure information and the erase command which is generated are correlated with the flag information of the disclosure information and transmitted by the transmitting device.

8. An information exchange device comprising:

a storage device which stores information items for disclosure related to a user who discloses the information items for disclosure and also stores flag information of each of the information items for disclosure, the information items for disclosure and the flag information being correlated and stored in the storage device;

an encryption device which generates encrypted information items by encrypting each of the information items for disclosure using a plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure and the encrypted information items and the flag information of information items for disclosure corresponding to the encrypted information items being correlated and stored in the storage device; and

a transmitting device which transmits the encrypted information items with each of the encrypted information items correlated with the flag information.

9. The information exchange device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a decryption device which receives encrypted information items as a result of a search using flag information as a search key, the flag information being related to an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items, receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item, and decrypts the selected encrypted information item using the secret key.

10. The information exchange device according to claim 9, wherein the transmitting device transmits the flag information of each of the information items for disclosure and the encrypted information items which is generated from each of the information items for disclosure to a first server, the first server storing the flag information and the encrypted information items, the flag information being correlated with the encrypted information items, and transmits the flag information of each of the information items for disclosure and the plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure to a second server, the second server storing the flag information and the plurality of prepared secret keys, the flag information being correlated with the plurality of prepared secret keys, and the decryption device receives an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of encrypted information items from the first server and receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item from among the plurality of secret keys from the second server.

11. The information exchange device according to claim 8, wherein the information exchange device is formed so that the information item for disclosure and the prepared secret key related to the information item for disclosure are independently set, changed, and erased.

12. The information exchange device according to claim 8, wherein at least one piece of the information items for disclosure includes a plurality of sub disclosure information items.

13. The information exchange device according to claim 8, further comprising:

an input device in which after an information item for disclosure is displayed, disclosure information which is selected from among the information items for disclosure as information to be disclosed by the user who discloses the disclosure information to another user is specified;

wherein;

when an input which specifies the disclosure information is input to the input device, the encrypted information item related to the disclosure information is correlated with flag information related to the disclosure information and transmitted by the transmitting device.

14. The information exchange device according to claim 13, wherein the input device includes a non-disclosure input function which changes the status of the disclosure information to the non-disclosed state, and when an input which specifies the disclosure information is input to the input device, an erase command is generated which erases one or more of the disclosure information, encrypted information item related to the disclosure information or a secret key which is used to encrypt the disclosure information and the erase command which is generated are correlated with the flag information of the disclosure information and transmitted by the transmitting device.

15. An operation method of an information exchange device comprising:

reading information items for disclosure related to a user who discloses the information for disclosure which is stored in a storage device;

generating encrypted information items by encrypting each of the information items for disclosure using a plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure;

transmitting the encrypted information items and the plurality of prepared secret keys; and

receiving an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items and receiving a prepared secret key related to the selected encrypted information items from among the plurality of prepared secret keys and decrypting the selected encrypted information item using the secret key.

16. The operation method of an information exchange device according to claim 15, further comprising:

storing flag information of each of the information items for disclosure in the storage device, the flag information being correlated with the information items for disclosure;

storing each of the encrypted information items and corresponding flag information of information for disclosure in the storage device, the flag information being correlated with the encrypted information items;

transmitting the encrypted information items, the encrypted information items being correlated with each of the flag information; and

decrypting the encrypted information item as a result of a search using flag information as a search key, the flag information being related to the encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the encrypted information items.

17. The operation method of an information exchange device according to claim 16, wherein flag information of the information items for disclosure is correlated with the encrypted information items which is generated from the information items for disclosure and then transmitted to a first server, the first server storing the plurality of information for disclosure, and the flag information of the information items for disclosure is correlated with the prepared plurality of secret keys corresponding to each of the information items for disclosure and then transmitted to a second server, the second server storing the flag information and the plurality of prepared secret keys, the flag information being correlated with the plurality of prepared secret keys, and encrypted information item arbitrarily selected from among the encrypted information items is received from the first server and a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item among the plurality of secret keys is received from the second server.

18. The operation method of an information exchange device according to claim 15, wherein the information exchange device is formed so that the information item for disclosure and the prepared secret key related to the information item for disclosure are independently set, changed, and erased.

19. The operation method of an information exchange device according to claim 15, wherein at least one piece of the information items for disclosure includes a plurality of sub disclosure information items.

20. The operation method of an information exchange device according to claim 16, wherein the information exchange device further comprises:

an input device in which after the information item for disclosure is displayed, disclosure information which is selected from among the information items for disclosure as information to be disclosed by the user who discloses the disclosure information to another user is specified;

wherein;

when an input which specifies the disclosure information is input to the input device, the encrypted information item related to the disclosure information is correlated with flag information related to the disclosure information and transmitted by the transmitting device.