APPARATUS AND METHOD TO EMBED SEARCHABLE INFORMATION INTO A FILE, ENCRYPTION, TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

• US 20140193028A1
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MyPort IP, Inc. (MyPort Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MyPort Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: MALONE, MICHAEL F., MURPHY, FREDERICK J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,070,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/005 Robust watermarking, e.g. average attack or collusion attack resistant
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/608 Watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0478 applying multiple layers of encryption, e.g. nested tunnels or encrypting the content with a first key and then with at least a second key cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/08 Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting key management in a packet data network H04L63/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0825 using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/14 using a plurality of keys or algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/302 involving the integer factorization problem, e.g. RSA or quadratic sieve [QS] schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3218 using proof of knowledge, e.g. Fiat-Shamir, GQ, Schnorr, ornon-interactive zero-knowledge proofs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3221 interactive zero-knowledge proofs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3239 involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3249 using RSA or related signature schemes, e.g. Rabin scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32272 : Encryption or ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32277 : Compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 : of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 : of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 : of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3233 : of authentication information, e.g. digital signature, watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3235 : Checking or certification of the authentication information, e.g. by comparison with data stored independently
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 : Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 : Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3281 : Encryption; Ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3283 : Compression

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 stamping device 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. A data processing unit places 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 transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility. The data processing unit encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm to provide encrypted augmented captured information in the transmission with the subscriber information.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit for 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; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility;

wherein the data processing unit encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm in a first layer to provide encrypted augmented captured information which is included in the transmission with the subscriber information transmitted by the transmitter in said transmission.

8. The cell phone of claim 7, and wherein the data processing unit further encrypts the first layer encrypted augmented captured information with a second layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide the encrypted augmented information.

9. The cell phone of claim 8, wherein the asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

10. The cell phone of claim 8, wherein the data processing system adds identifying information to the first and second layer encrypted augmented information wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information and then further encrypts the first and second layer encrypted augmented information with the added identifying information with a third layer of encryption with an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide the encrypted augmented information.

11. The cell phone of claim 10, wherein the third layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

12. The cell phone of claim 10, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

13. The cell phone of claim 12, wherein the data processing system creates a hash corresponding to augmented captured information and storing this hash value in association with the first layer encrypted augmented information prior to encryption with the second layer encryption operation such that decryption down to the first layer encrypted augmented information will allow recovery of the added hash value and processing of the first layer encrypted augmented information through a message digest algorithm will allow matching of the recovered and generated hash values.

14. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit for 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; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility;

wherein the receiving facility comprises a secure server.

15. The cell phone of claim 14, wherein the secure server comprises an e-mail server.

16. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit for 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; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility;

wherein the transmitter transmits the transmission to a receiving facility that restricts access thereto to only authorized individuals.

17. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from a first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit, the data processing unit;

encrypting the augmented captured information as encrypted augmented captured information,

adding identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information to provide an identifiable encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

placing the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility.

18. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein the stamping device is operable to associate the captured information with a representation of location information representing the location of said capture device at the time of the capture of the information as augmented capture information.

19. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein said stamping device includes a geographical position and time-of-day determination (GPS) receiver for providing such location information.

20. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein the receiving facility is an email server.

21. The cell phone of claim 20, wherein the transmission is formatted for transmission to the email server.

22. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein the data processing unit encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm in a first layer to provide the encrypted augmented captured information which is included in the transmission with the subscriber information transmitted by the transmitter in said transmission.

23. The cell phone of claim 22, and wherein the data processing unit further encrypts the first layer encrypted augmented captured information with a second layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file, which has the identifiable information added thereto to provide the identifiable encrypted file.

24. The cell phone of claim 23, wherein the asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

25. The cell phone of claim 23, wherein the data processing system further encrypts identifiable encrypted file including the first and second layer encrypted augmented information with the added identifying information with a third layer of encryption with an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a three layer encrypted file for transmission in said transmission with the subscriber information.

26. The cell phone of claim 25, wherein the third layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

27. The cell phone of claim 25, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

28. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from a first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit, the data processing unit;

encrypting the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information,

adding identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information at the bottom layer, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

encrypting the combined augmented captured information and identifying information with a top layer of encryption as an identifiable encrypted file wherein at least the bottom layer utilizes a symmetrical encryption algorithm,

placing the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility.

29. The cell phone of claim 28, wherein the receiving facility is an email server.

30. The cell phone of claim 29, wherein the transmission is formatted for transmission to the email server.

31. The cell phone of claim 28, and wherein the data processing unit further encrypts the bottom layer encrypted augmented captured information with a middle layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file, which has the identifiable information added thereto to provide the identifiable encrypted file.

32. The cell phone of claim 31, wherein the asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

33. The cell phone of claim 31, wherein top layer of encryption utilizes an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a three layer encrypted file for transmission in said transmission with the subscriber information.

34. The cell phone of claim 33, wherein the top layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

35. The cell phone of claim 33, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

36. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from a first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit, the data processing unit;

encrypting the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information utilizing a symmetrical encryption algorithm,

encrypting the bottom layer encrypted augmented captured information with a middle layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file,

adding identifying information to the two layer encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

encrypting the combined two layer encrypted file and identifying information with a top layer of encryption to provide an identifiable encrypted file,

placing the identifiable encrypted file including the encrypted augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the encrypted augmented captured information to an email requiring such subscriber information and wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said email server.

37. A cell phone for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from a first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a stamping device for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information in addition to location information of the capture device, such that said representation of the date and time information and location information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

a data processing unit, the data processing unit;

encrypting the augmented captured information as encrypted augmented captured information,

adding identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information to provide an identifiable encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

placing the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to an email server requiring such subscriber information, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said email server.