APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION INTO A FILE, ENCRYPTION, TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
First Claim
1. A cell phone for acquiring information from an external source external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:
- a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information from the external source as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance;
a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating a representation of the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the representation of the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information;
a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility; and
an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility.
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Abstract
A cell phone is disclosed for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto. A capture device captures information from an external source. A processor is provided for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that the representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information. The processing also places the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information. A transmitter transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility. An encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information for transmission to the receiving facility.
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26 Claims
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1. A cell phone for acquiring information from an external source external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information from the external source as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance; a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating a representation of the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the representation of the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information; a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility; and an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless portable computing device for acquiring information from an external source to be transmitted to a remote receiving facility over a wireless network and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information from the external source as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance; a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information, which user information uniquely identifies the user; a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility; and an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A wireless portable computing device for acquiring information to be transmitted to a remote receiving facility over a wireless network and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance; a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information; a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility; and an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility.
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