Pre-Event Repository Associated with Individual Privacy and Public Safety Protection Via Double Encrypted Lock Box

• US 20140016777A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,277,867 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A method substantially as shown and described the detailed description and/or drawings and/or elsewhere herein. A device substantially as shown and described the detailed description and/or drawings and/or elsewhere herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device;

storing the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in association with a surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by a pre-event repository; and

transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository.

2-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A system comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device;

a machine configured to create a physical reality of storing the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in association with a surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by a pre-event repository; and

a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device further comprises

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from level-two encryption circuitry.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from level-two encryption circuitry comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from the level-two encryption circuitry in conjunction with a surveillance device identifier.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from the level-two encryption circuitry in conjunction with a surveillance device identifier comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from level-two encryption circuitry in conjunction with an encrypted version of the surveillance device identifier.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from level-two encryption circuitry in conjunction with an encrypted version of the surveillance device identifier comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an encrypted version of the surveillance device identifier at a pre-event repository.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device from level-two encryption circuitry in conjunction with an encrypted version of the surveillance device identifier comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an encryption of at least a part of a version of the surveillance device identifier that was encrypted with a name-obscuring encryption key whose decryption key is inaccessible by a level-two encryption entity.

32. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of accepting an output of level-two encryption circuitry.

33. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted version of an output of at least one of an image surveillance device, an audio surveillance device, a motion surveillance device, or a tactile surveillance device.

34. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in a form such that the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device is substantially unusable absent combination with other information not present in the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in a form such that the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device is substantially unusable absent combination with other information not present in the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a level-two encryption which cannot practicably be decrypted by a level-two encryption entity.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a level-two encryption which cannot practicably be decrypted by a level-two encryption entity comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a level-two key-pair generation entity or an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with an encryption of at least a part of a level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device with a level-two encryption key whose decryption key is inaccessible by a level-two encryption entity.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a level-two key-pair generation entity or an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with an encryption of at least a part of a level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device with a level-two encryption key whose decryption key is inaccessible by a level-two encryption entity comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a decryption key generated by a level-two key-pair generation entity.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a level-two key-pair generation entity or an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with an encryption of at least a part of a level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device with a level-two encryption key whose decryption key is inaccessible by a level-two encryption entity comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an output of level-two encryption circuitry that is associated with a key-pair designator generated by a level-two key-pair generation entity.

39. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox that is associated with receipt of a request for an unlocked output of a surveillance device associated with a particular time and a particular space.

40. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox associated with a transmission of a request for an encrypted surveillance device identifier associated with a particular time and a particular space.

41. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with receipt of a request for an encrypted surveillance device identifier associated with a particular time and a particular space.

42. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with a transmission of an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location to a machine associated with a request for an encrypted surveillance device identifier associated with a particular time and a particular space.

43. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with receipt of an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at a machine associated with a request for an encrypted surveillance device identifier associated with a particular time and a particular space.

44. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with a transmission of an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location to unlocking request circuitry operably coupled with both level-one decryption circuitry and level two decryption circuitry.

45. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with receipt of an instruction associated with unlocking an output identified by an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at level-one decryption circuitry.

46. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request for a double-encrypted lockbox further associated with receipt of an instruction associated with unlocking an output identified by an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at level-two decryption circuitry.

47. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprising:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an instruction associated with unlocking an output identified by an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at a doubly-encrypted lockbox retrieval circuit.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an instruction associated with unlocking an output identified by an encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at a doubly-encrypted lockbox retrieval circuit further comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving an instruction associated with a previous receipt of a message directing retrieval of a doubly-encrypted lockbox associated with the encrypted surveillance device identifier in association with a date-time window and a geographic location at the doubly-encrypted lockbox retrieval circuit.

49. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a request at a pre-event repository for a doubly-encrypted lockbox identified at least in part by an encrypted surveillance device identifier;

a machine configured to create a physical reality of retrieving a doubly-encrypted lockbox in response to the request to the pre-event repository for a doubly-encrypted lockbox identified at least in part by an encrypted surveillance device identifier; and

a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the doubly-encrypted lockbox to level-two decryption circuitry.

50. The system of claim 26, wherein a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository further comprises:

a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting to level-two decryption circuitry a doubly-encrypted lockbox in response to a request to a pre-event repository for a doubly-encrypted lockbox identified at least in part by an encrypted surveillance device identifier.

52. The system of claim 26, wherein at least one machine configured to create a physical reality further comprises:

at least one of static or sequenced hardware elements.

53. The system of claim 26, wherein at least one machine configured to create a physical reality further comprises:

at least one ordered matter element.

54. The machine of claim 53, wherein the at least one ordered matter element further comprises:

at least one logic gate.

55. The machine of claim 54, wherein the at least one logic gate further comprises:

at least one physical device that may be driven to change physical state in order to create a physical reality of Boolean logic.

56. The machine of claim 53, wherein the at least one ordered matter element further comprises:

at least one logic circuit.

57. The machine of claim 56, wherein the at least one logic circuit further comprises:

one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions.

58. The machine of claim 57, wherein one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions further comprises:

at least one of a multiplexer, a latch, or a register.

59. The machine of claim 57, wherein one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions further comprises:

at least one of an arithmetic logic unit, a computer memory, or a bridge.

60. The machine of claim 57, wherein one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions further comprises:

at least one central processing unit.

61. The machine of claim 57, wherein one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions further comprises:

at least one configuration responsive to a defined Instruction Set Architecture.

62. The machine of claim 57, wherein one or more physical logic gates that may be arranged to form physical logic circuits that may be driven to create a physical reality of one or more logical functions further comprises:

at least one circuit constructed to convert a machine language instruction to at least one of a voltage control, a timing control, a selection control, or an activation control.

63. The machine of claim 53, wherein at least one ordered matter element further comprises:

at least one integrated electrical circuit.

64. The machine of claim 53, wherein at least one ordered matter element further comprises:

at least one application specific integrated electrical circuit.

65. The machine of claim 53, wherein at least one ordered matter element further comprises:

at least one general purpose computer configured by a computer program.

66. The machine of claim 65, wherein at least one general purpose computer configured by a computer program further comprises:

at least one general purpose computer processor operably coupled with a hardware memory having at least a part of the computer program.

51. A system comprising:

means for receiving a level-two encrypted output of a surveillance device;

means for storing the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in association with a surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by a pre-event repository; and

means for transmitting the level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device in response to a query containing at least a part of the surveillance device identifier in a form inaccessible by the pre-event repository.