SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING DATA

• US 20110161671A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PSI Systems Incorporated (Stamps.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PSI Systems Incorporated (Stamps.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: WHITEHOUSE, Harry T.
• Application Number:
  US12/976,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems

Abstract

A system and method are provided for securing data. The method includes generating a first public encryption key by a cryptographic processor associated with a first computer subsystem; sending the first public encryption key to a second computer subsystem; and receiving first encrypted data at the first computer subsystem, the first encrypted data having been encrypted by the second computer subsystem using the first public encryption key. The method further includes generating a first private encryption key by the cryptographic processor; decrypting the first encrypted data using the first private encryption key generated by the cryptographic processor to obtain a first decrypted data; and storing the first decrypted data in a memory associated with the cryptographic processor.

Claims

1. A method for securing data, comprising:

generating a first public encryption key by a cryptographic processor associated with a first computer subsystem;

sending the first public encryption key to a second computer subsystem;

receiving first encrypted data at the first computer subsystem, the first encrypted data having been encrypted by the second computer subsystem using the first public encryption key;

generating a first private encryption key by the cryptographic processor;

decrypting the first encrypted data using the first private encryption key generated by the cryptographic processor to obtain first decrypted data; and

storing the first decrypted data in a memory associated with the cryptographic processor.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating the first public encryption key and generating the first private encryption key by the cryptographic processor are performed substantially simultaneously.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a memory in the first computer subsystem and storing the first encrypted data in the memory of the first computer subsystem.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first computer subsystem is a computer subsystem of a merchant and the second computer subsystem is a computer subsystem of a customer of the merchant.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating the first public key by the cryptographic processor comprises generating a RSA public encryption key or generating a DSA public encryption key by the cryptographic processor.

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24. A computer system for securing data, comprising:

a cryptographic processor configured to generate a first public encryption key and a first private encryption key; and

a first computer subsystem in communication with the cryptographic processor, the computer subsystem being configured to;

receive first encrypted data having been encrypted using the first public encryption key generated by the cryptographic processor; and

transmit the first encrypted data to the cryptographic processor,

wherein the cryptographic processor is configured to decrypt the first encrypted data using the first private encryption key to obtain a first decrypted data.

25. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the cryptographic processor is configured to generate the first public encryption key and the first private encryption key substantially simultaneously.

26. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the cryptographic processor comprises a memory configured to store the first decrypted data.

27. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the first computer subsystem comprises a memory configured to store the received first encrypted data.

28. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the cryptographic processor is configured to generate a RSA public encryption key or generate a DSA public encryption key.

29. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the first computer subsystem is configured to communicate with a second computer subsystem, wherein the first encrypted data is encrypted by the second computer subsystem using the first public encryption key.

33. The computer system according to claim 24, further comprises a storage database in communication with the first computer subsystem, wherein the cryptographic processor is configured to further re-encrypt the first decrypted data and store the re-encrypted data in the storage database.

34. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the first computer subsystem is configured to:

receive a third public encryption key generated by a third computer subsystem in communication with the first computer subsystem; and

encrypt the first decrypted data using the third public encryption key to obtain a third encrypted data.

41. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein the first computer subsystem is configured to:

assign a unique identification to the first encrypted data;

store the unique identification in a database associated with the first computer subsystem; and

send the first encrypted data and the unique identification to a fourth computer subsystem.

42. The computer system according to claim 41, wherein the fourth computer subsystem stores the first encrypted data and the unique identification in a storage database associated with the fourth computer subsystem.

43. The computer system according to claim 42, wherein the first computer is further configured to send a payment request to the fourth computer subsystem, the payment request including the unique identification number and a transaction amount.

44. The computer system according to claim 43, wherein the fourth computer subsystem is configured to read the first encrypted data associated with the unique identification and decrypts the first encrypted data stored in the storage database associated with the fourth computer subsystem to obtain decrypted data at the fourth computer subsystem.

45. The computer system according to claim 44, wherein the fourth computer subsystem is configured to transmit the decrypted data to a fifth computer subsystem, the fifth computer subsystem returning an authorization or decline message.

46. The computer system according to claim 45, wherein the fifth computer subsystem is a payment gateway computer.

47. The method according to claim 45, wherein the first computer subsystem is configured to receive the authorization or decline message.

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